Commissioner Welch pledges letter to Nikki Fried after MetroNet outage

Angelena Iglesia

Leon County Commissioner Brian Welch has taken aim at MetroNet after the company cut power to two local schools and thousands of homes by allegedly damaging fiber lines Thursday night and Friday morning.  He wrote on social media that he has been in contact with State Representative Allison Tant’s office and will be […]

Construction workers with MetroNet work on installing fiberoptic cables in the Arran Lakes West neighborhood on Monday, March 22, 2021.

Leon County Commissioner Brian Welch has taken aim at MetroNet after the company cut power to two local schools and thousands of homes by allegedly damaging fiber lines Thursday night and Friday morning. 

He wrote on social media that he has been in contact with State Representative Allison Tant’s office and will be signing a letter to the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services and Commissioner Nikki Fried about the recent damages.

“The fact is, this latest damage has caused significant and ongoing disruption to thousands of residents and perhaps most notably, no phone or internet at 2 schools (Roberts Elementary and Montford Middle School) during the first week of school,” he wrote in a statement. 

“This has contributed to borderline chaos during pickup and drop off at these schools with parents unable to receive any communication from school officials, short of weak cell signals.”

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