SpringNet launches gigabit Internet for downtown businesses

After conducting a pilot, City Utilities of Springfield’s SpringNet Broadband has launched a program offering high-speed gigabit Internet service for small businesses downtown.

Starting at $150 per month, small businesses can purchase the fiber service with a three-terabyte data download cap, according to a news release.

“Downtown Springfield is quickly becoming known as a significant entrepreneurial and technological epicenter for the area,” said Jeff Bertholdi, SpringNet director, in the release. “SpringNet Broadband is launching this program to help young, growing businesses thrive.”

The small-business program’s boundaries are between Elm Street and Chestnut Expressway, and Grant and National avenues.

SpringNet launched the program in a pilot stage at the Kresge building at the corner of South Avenue and McDaniel Street.

The company typically offers its gigabit plans for larger businesses starting at $300 per month.

Services with 1 gigabit per second are roughly 100 times faster than traditional broadband.