Charter said Mich. Broadband Authority brokered $12- million part...
Charter said Mich. Broadband Authority brokered $12- million partnership to provide broadband services to underserved areas of northern Mich. and Upper Peninsula. Charter said it would construct more than 200 miles of fiber infrastructure extending from Petoskey, across Straits…
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of Mackinac, to Sault Ste. Marie and Munising, Mich., completing “fiber loop” between Lower Peninsula of Mich. and Upper Peninsula through lease arrangement with state-funded Merit Networks. Public-private arrangement will provide broadband service to Northern Mich. U., Mich. Technology U., Lake Superior State U. and other university, school and library users in area. Mich. Broadband Development Authority was created earlier this year to provide funding for broadband deployment in underserved areas of state. Merit Networks, state-funded Internet Service Provider (ISP) that serves state’s 13 public universities, will sign 20-year lease on Charter Communications’ broadband fiber network, Charter said. Charter is state’s 2nd-largest cable operator, serves more than 930 communities and operates more than 20,000 miles of cable for residential and commercial telecom in Mich.