{"id":6748,"date":"2018-08-28T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T15:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hamburgjournal.com\/?p=6748"},"modified":"2018-08-29T19:55:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T19:55:10","slug":"metronet-activated-hamburg-neighborhoods-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamburgjournal.com\/metronet-activated-hamburg-neighborhoods-first\/","title":{"rendered":"MetroNet Officially Activated, Hamburg Neighborhoods First"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Jim Gray, along with MetroNet executives, and the first MetroNet customers were present to open the retail location on West Tiverton Way, and to officially activate a 100% fiber optic network that, upon completion, will make Lexington\u00a0the nation\u2019s largest gigabit city.<\/p>\n

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MetroNet began construction in Lexington in January 2018, with Hamburg neighborhoods seeing activity first.\u00a0Hamburg residents saw a series of letters, postcards, and yard markers that indicated MetroNet was in the neighborhood and constructing the 100% fiber optic network.<\/p>\n

Currently, only a small fraction of Lexington customers can purchase MetroNet internet, as the company continues to build its network throughout the city.<\/p>\n

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MetroNet Lexington Construction Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A construction map on the MetroNet website provides an overview of construction areas (pictured right). The areas in green are active, yellow is under construction, and blue represents future construction.<\/p>\n

Mayor Jim Gray\u2019s fiber optic initiative began in 2014.\u00a0The activation of MetroNet\u2019s fiber optic network makes good on his promise to establish the best infrastructure for phone, television, and internet services in Lexington. Gray maintains that this development is essential in stimulating economic growth, creating \u00a0jobs, and increasing competition in the city.<\/p>\n

100% fiber optic network can carry\u00a0an unlimited amount of data across glass-fiber cables. A gigabit speed connection is capable of downloading a 90-minute high definition movie in approximately 30 seconds, as opposed to 30 minutes over a cable-wire connection.<\/p>\n

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