MetroNet promised fiber-optic Internet, cable and phone services within two years after all of the red tape was cleared. Seventeen months beyond that mark, the company says it is on its way to hit that goal.
The last bureaucratic hurdle was cleared at the end of February 2013 after securing a site in West Lafayette for an equipment hub. Within a couple of months, MetroNet began signing up Beta users to test the network.
“We’ve done all of West Lafayette,” said Tom Decker, MetroNet’s market manager in Greater Lafayette.
Hooking up the east side of the river is a little slower, and some have asked the Journal & Courier if there is a delay.
“Our Lafayette fiber-optic network is currently in the process of construction, and areas within that are available for customer installation,” MetroNet’s marketing manager, Mindy Wingert, said.
Areas in northeast Lafayette are connected to MetroNet’s network, Decker said. From there, fiber-optic lines lead to the company’s office in the 400 block of Earl Avenue. The fiber-optic lines run south along Sagamore Parkway, branching out from there, Decker said.
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