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Levelland approves LEARN, SPTC and South Plains College agreements to boost municipal internet to 500 Mbps
Summary
Council authorized a Master Service Agreement and 60‑month network contract with LEARN, an Internet Service Agreement with SPTC (Horizons Communications), and an interlocal with South Plains College to increase speeds (from ~50–75 Mbps to 500 Mbps, with ability to scale to 1 Gbps) and reduce monthly costs by roughly $1,400.
Levelland officials moved May 5 to join the Lonestar Education and Research Network (LEARN) and to execute supporting agreements with South Plains Telephone Cooperative (SPTC) and South Plains College to deliver higher-capacity internet service to city facilities. Council authorized the City Manager to sign the LEARN Master Service Agreement, approved a 60-month network service agreement that would increase speeds from roughly 50–75 Mbps to 500 Mbps (with the capability to scale to 1 Gbps), and authorized an Internet Service Agreement with SPTC to carry the connection to a meet point with South Plains College.
City staff told Council that the transition would reduce the city’s monthly internet cost by about $1,400 (current payment $3,954 per month) while increasing capacity and building redundancy through a wireless microshot intranet and multiple meet points. The interlocal agreement with South Plains College will allow the city to place equipment at the college’s fiber termination point and use on-campus fiber and tower infrastructure to transmit to the Levelland Fire Station and the Law Enforcement building.
"Our current speeds are in the 50mb – 75mb range which is well below the current industry standard. The City pays $3,954.00/month for internet service currently, this transition would reduce our monthly costs by approximately $1400/month," the minutes record. Council approved the LEARN MSA, the 60-month network service agreement, the SPTC internet agreement and the interlocal with South Plains College by unanimous votes.
