MetroNet service available in parts of Twin Cities

Posted on January 11, 2017
MetroNet map
The shaded yellow represents areas MetroNet has ongoing construction, the blue represents future construction. (Photo courtesy MetroNet)

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington-Normal residents officially have another option for cable and internet, as MetroNet has begun offering service to some residents.

MetroNet announced last year it was going to begin building infrastructure to bring its services, including extremely high speed internet, to residents. Kathy Scheller, with MetroNet External Affairs and Business Development, explained the company began testing some service in November.

“Since that time we continue to bring new customers on board, as we continue to go neighborhood by neighborhood,” she said.

The gigabit internet MetroNet offers was previously unavailable to residents, however businesses did have access to it. Scheller added only about 10 percent of communities have this type of service.

“That is going to allow people that work from home to have a greater sense of broadband coverage,” Scheller said.

Most ongoing construction is currently on the east side of Bloomington-Normal. More information on MetroNet is at www.metronetinc.com.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…