COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Metronet broke ground after a months-long discussion with the City of Bryan and will now provide a fiber-optic internet option for residents in the area.
Linzee McIntosh, a Community Project Manager, said the company is funding a multimillion-dollar investment and has started to work on several homes. According to McIntosh, fiberoptic is different from previous forms of the internet by creating faster access for their customers.
“With fiber optics, we have light in tubes of glass that are bouncing off on all the corners which gives it that lightning-fast speed for you to have symmetrical speeds with your internet. Meaning you can upload as quickly as you download,” said McIntosh.
The company expects to have its first customers connected by the Spring of 2022.
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Communication service provider MetroNet announced Tuesday residential construction has begun for the company's fiber-optic infrastructure for the City of Bryan. Upon completion, residents and businesses alike will have access to what the company calls an "ultra-high-speed" fiber-optic network.
Bryan residents will see construction near Manchester Drive this week and will expand throughout the city. The first customers will have online access beginning spring 2022.
As construction continues throughout the community, customers still have the option for presale and will receive prioritization once the installation is available.
“The City of Bryan is pleased to assist MetroNet in their implementation of a one hundred percent fiber-optic network to deliver reliable and fast internet services for our residents and businesses,” Bryan Mayor Andrew Nelson said. “Bryan is one step closer to becoming a Certified Gigabit City.”
Residents in the construction areas will receive communication by mail about activity in their neighborhood 30 days prior and the company will provide additional messaging, such as street signs, to let residents know when the construction process has begun.