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City staff updates council on fiber buildout, says MetroNet, Ting and others plan phased work
Summary
Thornton utilities staff updated the City Council on ongoing fiber projects, including work by Ting (with contractor Intrepid) in parts of the city and a MetroNet right-of-way agreement that will bring conduit and fiber to select locations such as Fire Station 8.
Thornton’s utilities and infrastructure director told the City Council the city is seeing multiple private fiber providers planning work inside city right-of-way and that a MetroNet agreement on the council’s consent calendar is intended to expand conduit and fiber access in targeted areas.
Brett Henry, director of utilities and infrastructure, said the city amended an earlier agreement with Ting to allow a third-party installer (identified in the briefing as Intrepid) to complete fiber installation; Ting remains the network operator. Henry said, “Long story short, in May, Thornton and Ting amended that agreement, such that, a Trepid, a third party could come in and actually do the fiber installation for Ting.”
Henry showed a map of…
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