Novi considers fiber for faster world wide web assistance

Novi High student Blake Ellison, a junior, works on a design project on Oct. 8, 2020. The pandemic emphasized the need for fast, reliable internet service. The city of Novi is exploring the possibility of a fiber optic network.

Novi officials are pursuing the likelihood of faster, additional dependable net company in the city.

The city council unanimously agreed to request bids from qualified technological consultants to examine current broadband and fiber infrastructure in Novi, as nicely as opportunities for creating a new community and funding sources.

Getting reliable, very affordable world-wide-web support would be a relief to Dorothy Duchesneau, who has changed satellite providers four instances with dishes all in excess of her home that are no for a longer period usable because of to trees on neighboring homes. She explained she has only one particular supplier obtainable, who demands her to bundle world wide web with mobile phone and cable companies, a lot more costly on a preset spending budget.

“Adding citywide access so we can have a better way of accessing the internet in our homes would be excellent,” she explained. “Many of us in the

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