Superior switches on Wisconsin’s first city-owned broadband network

A faster and more reliable way to get online is being offered to residents of one Superior (WI) neighborhood, with others soon to be added. ConnectSuperior began making high-speed broadband service available to residents earlier in August with the completion of its fiber optic infrastructure, though the city itself isn’t the internet provider. “What we created is a physical network of fiber lines over which private internet service providers can send the internet to their customers,” Superior Mayor Jim Paine explained of the service that offers an alternative to the cable-based internet already offered by Spectrum. “It is the only network of its kind in the state of Wisconsin. It is the fastest network in the Twin Ports.”