Consolidated Communications Partners with KC Fiber to Bring Managed Services to North Kansas City Businesses Posted on Share
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LENEXA, Kan. – March 11, 2021 – Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ: CNSL) a leading broadband and business communications provider, today announced a partnership with KC Fiber to bring managed services to North Kansas City businesses.
KC Fiber operates and maintains North Kansas City’s fiber-optic broadband network. It is the only complete underground fiber network north of the Missouri River and delivers high-speed Internet service throughout Kansas City to businesses and residences.
Consolidated’s managed services include: data networking solutions, collaboration tools to boost productivity, security solutions to protect business data and solutions that enable teams to be more productive and work efficiently from anywhere.
MetroNet looking to enter, compete in Mankato market
MetroNet looking to enter, compete in Mankato market By KEYC Staff | March 9, 2021 at 10:05 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 10:05 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) Mankato could have a new internet and cable provider in the near future.
MetroNet is looking to compete with Spectrum, Consolidated Communications and satellite-based providers in the area.
The work will cost an estimated $266,000.
Mankato City Council members showed support during a work session on Monday.
However, Mankato isn’t the only city that is interested in MetroNet, with the city governments of North Mankato and Eagle Lake also showing interest.
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Published: 3/8/2021 4:43:44 PM
As February rolled into March and the one-year anniversary of Rindge residents passing funding for a fiber internet buildout, the first customers of the new service are starting to be connected to their upgraded internet.
Similar to the town of Mason, whose first customers began to receive their hook-ups earlier this year, the process has not always run smooth for those eager for faster speeds, but residents said they were willing to wait if it ultimately meant improved service.
Consolidated Communications has handily won the bids for internet buildouts across the state, including in Dublin and Rindge, where construction on fiber networks paid for by town bonds have recently been completed and sign ups are starting, and in Mason, where Consolidated Communications used federal funding for a similar project.
Published: 3/9/2021 9:34:53 AM
Peterborough’s path to fiber internet looks different from surrounding towns. The town is poised to vote on an article that would spend $262,288 to provide fiber internet to the 20% of its residents underserved and unserved by high speed internet at Town Meeting this year. Although Peterborough joins neighboring towns Temple, Greenfield, and Jaffrey in voting on a contract with Consolidated Communications this year, Peterborough won’t be bonding, unlike most other towns that have pursued a municipal broadband rollout in the past two years.
Why no bond? Effectively, the only difference between Peterborough’s proposal and the popular municipal bonding route is that Peterborough doesn’t have to pay interest, Community and Economic Development Coordinator Karen Hatcher said. The cost of wiring 20% of the town’s residences was low enough that the town could absorb it without taking on the long-term debt of a bond, she said. The proposal before vo