{"id":110366,"date":"2025-08-01T13:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110366\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:35:17","slug":"fiberoptic-internet-deployed-to-17000-van-zandt-county-homes-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110366\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiberoptic internet deployed to 17,000 Van Zandt County homes, businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas (KETK<\/a>) \u2013 Spectrum announced the launch of fiberoptic internet service to more than 17,000 homes and small business in Van Zandt County on Thursday.<\/p>\n

High-speed fiber internet provider laying cable in neighborhoods <\/a><\/p>\n

Van Zandt County residents in Ben Wheeler, Canton, Edgewood, Edom, Fruitvale, Grand Saline, Van and Wills Point will now have even faster access to the internet thanks to miles of fiberoptic cable that Spectrum has deployed across the country with their rural construction initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI speak for many across Van Zandt County when I say that we are excited for Spectrum to bring access to internet services to our communities,\u201d Texas State Senator Bob Hall said. \u201cThis partnership will bring new opportunities to our residents and small businesses alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Spectrum workers deploying fiberoptic cable in Mount Pleasant. Photo courtesy of Spectrum.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Spectrum workers deploying fiberoptic cable in Mount Pleasant. Photo courtesy of Spectrum.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Spectrum workers deploying fiberoptic cable in Mount Pleasant. Photo courtesy of Spectrum.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Spectrum workers deploying fiberoptic cable in Mount Pleasant. Photo courtesy of Spectrum.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Spectrum workers deploying fiberoptic cable in Mount Pleasant. Photo courtesy of Spectrum.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Spectrum\u2019s nation-wide initiative is a $7 billion investment that\u2019s already deployed fiberoptic internet service to more than 77,000 homes in rural communities across the state.<\/p>\n

    \u201cSpectrum is bringing gigabit broadband to unserved communities in Van Zandt County,\u201d Vice President of Construction for Spectrum\u2019s Texas-Louisiana Service Area Brad Shely said. \u201cOur investment is making it possible to deliver high-value broadband, mobile, TV and voice services in the most rural areas of Van Zandt County. We are providing residents and small businesses superior connectivity at highly competitive prices, backed by a team of skilled local technicians and 100% U.S.-based customer service.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The company said that these new customers in Van Zandt County are offered download speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second or 500 megabits per second. They\u2019re currently working on evolving their network to offer gigabit upload speeds and multi-gigabit download speeds.<\/p>\n

    You can now stream KETK and FOX51 News live 24\/7 on your smart TV\u00a0with\u00a0KETK+<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0our brand-new app! No antenna, cable, or satellite needed\u2014watch for free, anytime.\u00a0<\/strong>Just download it on your Roku, Apple TV, or Fire TV and start streaming.<\/p>\n

    Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n

    For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KETK.com | FOX51.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas (KETK) \u2013 Spectrum announced the launch of fiberoptic internet service to more than 17,000…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":110367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[70215,712,51193,25958,12279,158,358,67,132,68,70214],"class_list":{"0":"post-110366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-fiberoptic-cable","9":"tag-internet","10":"tag-internet-service","11":"tag-mount-pleasant","12":"tag-spectrum","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-van-zandt-county"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114953776308479655","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}