Indianola Municipal Utilities plans to expand its fiber offerings of...
Indianola Municipal Utilities plans to expand its fiber offerings of telephone, Internet and video service to certain residents of Indianola, Iowa starting Oct. 1, its website says (http://xrl.us/bnkjqy). The company currently supports the internal network for local schools, provides looped…
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service for shared utility control systems and serves business customers, according to the company. The residential service is expected to have faster speeds and better consistency than their alternatives “and to be a lower cost,” IMU General Manager Todd Kielkopf told the city in a video update July 25 (http://xrl.us/bnkjwo). The utility company says it started a fiber-to-the-premise partnership in 2006 and began building out residential fiber in 2010. Last spring, its goal was to finish planning and licensing agreements, it said (http://xrl.us/bnkjt9). The residential fiber launch will be in partnership with Mahaska Communication Group, which says it has worked with Indianola Municipal Utilities since 2005 (http://xrl.us/bnkjtc). Indianola contains fewer than 15,000 residents overall. They're able to review residential package prices now, as shown in door hanger ads (http://xrl.us/bnkki6) and a bigger breakdown (http://xrl.us/bnkjsf). The fiber will be available in “limited areas” initially, the providers say.