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Midwest-Based Fiber Builder Passed Three Million Locations Nationwide

New ownership structure accelerated deployment across 19 states.

Akul Saxena

Dec 1, 2025 — 1 min read

Photo of Dave Heimbach, president and CEO of MetroNet, from LinkedIn

Dec. 1, 2025 — Metronet, an Indiana-based fiber-to-the-home builder, said Monday that its fiber-optic network now passed three million homes and businesses, marking its largest expansion milestone in the company’s twenty-year history.

Metronet was acquired in July by a joint venture of T-Mobile, the nation’s largest wireless carrier by subscriber numbers, and KKR, a global investment firm.

The company said the new ownership structure formalized its shift into a wholesale operator that builds and maintains fiber networks used by T-Mobile Fiber for residential and microbusiness service and by Metronet for commercial customers.

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