Willmar Radio reports…

The Willmar City Council this week approved a service contract with Home Town Fiber of Maple Grove. Willmar Operations Director Kyle Box says the company will be working on engineering plans for an open access fiber network that they want to begin installing in every home and business in Willmar for high-speed internet…

…Box says the project will be paid for by Home Town Fiber and customers who use the open access fiber network. If built, Willmar would be the first city in Minnesota with an open access fiber network…

…One the lines are laid, any internet service provider will be able to use the open access fiber network and charge customers for service. Hometown Fiber hopes to begin laying down the lines next spring.