Gateway Fiber

Praised Gateway Fiber's speed, professional installation, and reliability, and urged the city to make the option available to every neighborhood and business.

Supported Gateway Fiber on competition grounds, saying a single-vendor lock on high-speed internet is a disservice to the community.

Said he moved to Blaine partly for fiber internet and asked that blocks to construction elsewhere be removed so more residents get options.

Said he saves $65 a month with better service since switching to Gateway, and asked the city to allow expansion so neighbors can have the same choice.

A 40-year resident praised Gateway's fast, competitively priced service and urged the city to allow the network build-out for all residents and businesses.

Said Comcast has repeatedly failed his work-from-home household and asked that his neighborhood also get affordable, reliable Gateway service.

A young work-from-home homeowner said Gateway competition lowers prices for everyone and encouraged the council to support the expansion.

A recent fiber customer cited dramatically better speeds and asked the council to grant permits to expand the network.

Spoke briefly in support of Gateway Fiber expansion as an improvement for fellow residents.

A new customer since August praised the quick, clean installation and asked that as many people as possible get access to the service.

A business owner who paid $1,000 to break his Comcast contract said changing rules mid-deployment creates losers, and asked the city to allow equitable citywide expansion.

A remote worker said Gateway eliminated her afternoon outages and urged citywide installation so others working from home have reliable internet.

Cited Gateway's human customer service and urged the city not to halt fiber expansion mid-stream.