Fiber optic internet is coming to Big Rapids. Earlier this week, the City Commission voted in favor of an agreement between Point Broadband and Big Rapids to lay fiber optic cable aound the city.

This is part of a $25-million dollar investment the internet provider is making in the state of Michigan, according to Point Broadband General Manager Daniel Sullivan.

“A lot of our investment centers around rural or semi-rural areas where existing cable infrastructures are 25 to 30 years old which has a copper component to it and is going to degrade over time." "Our rural fiber optic cable is surrounded by glass so it’s going to be multi-generational.” Sullivan said.  “So we want to get in there and we want to have municipalities prepared as their existing providers' services degrade.”

Point Broadband officials say the the current goal is to have coverage of the entire city limits available by the end of 2022.