123NET promotes municipal broadband to boost community connectivity

123NET is offering to partner with communities to design, deploy, and expand municipal broadband networks.

• Main announcement: 123NET offers to work alongside communities, businesses, and organizations to deliver municipal broadband infrastructure across Michigan, citing work in Allegan and Ottawa County, and highlights contract structures (e.g., 10 year contract) to optimize costs and leverage fiber.
• Background and details: The guide describes deployment options including fiber, fixed wireless, hybrid deployments, open-access platforms, multi-gig fiber, and public-private partnerships; it emphasizes benefits for schools, libraries, hospitals, emergency services, and local governments, and directs readers to a project/contact page at https://www.123.net/bead-michigan/.