2. Metro Communications Metro Communications Company has been in business since 1993. Metro has been providing telecommunications services on a local and national level for over 20 yrs. Dominant cellular backhaul provider in east central Illinois. Metro is a non-stimulus funded network that is privately owned and operated Upon network completion there will be over 300 lit towers, schools, and commercial entities that will depend on the layer 2 and layer 3 services we provide.

3. Network Information Total network: 1,500+ miles – 1,300 newly engineered construction built between 2011 - 2015 14 Native Ethernet rings protected using G.8032v2 Cyan P-OPT Core – Accedian NIDs at the premise – Cisco and Adtran SONET Modern DWDM/packet network with up to 100G capacity In house construction, “soup to nuts”, model on most last mile services

4. Plowing

6. Directional Drilling

7. Cable Placement by Blowing