Construction Update 11-3 to 11-16

Areas referenced below can be located on this map
Work completed 11/3 through 11/9:
  • 9 to 10 bore crews on-site plus one fiber pulling crew and one splicing crew
  • Bored 385 feet on M-52 (Central Office PON)
  • Bored 170 feet on Cooper Ridge Road (Werkner PON)
  • Bored 579 feet on Gaddis Road (Sugarloaf PON)
  • Bored 1,470 feet on M-52 (Long Lake PON)
  • Bored 2,482 feet on Hadley Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Bored 2,660 feet on Goodband Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Bored 570 feet on North Lake Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Installed 3 pedestals in Wild Goose PON
  • Pulled 200 feet of fiber in Werkner PON and 7,148 feet of fiber in Long Lake PON
  • Spliced fiber in Central Office and Boyce PONs
  • 16 new drops this week (totals to-date: 179 total drops – 80 in Werkner PON, 54 in Island Lake PON and 45 in Central Office PON)
  • Spliced 15 jobs (totals to-date: 111 spliced – 80 in Werkner PON, 45 in Island Lake PON and 1 in Central Office PON)
  • 14 new home installations (totals to-date: 78 with broadband – 63 in Werkner PON, 14 in Island Lake PON, and 1 in Central Office PON (Township Hall))
Work to be completed 11/10 through 11/16:
  • 8 bore crews on-site plus one fiber pull crew and one splicing crew (Note: No work was completed on Monday or Tuesday due to the snowy and hazardous conditions.)
  • Bore on M-52 (Central Office and Long Lake PONs)
  • Bore on Cedar Drive (Sugarloaf PON)
  • Bore on Hadley Road (Long Lake and Wild Goose PONs)
  • Bore on Sugarloaf Lake Road (Guinan PON)
  • Bore on Bartell Road (Bruin PON)
  • Continue to pull and splice fiber in Central Office and Boyce PONs
  • Continue drop installations in Werkner, Island Lake and Central Office PONs
  • Continue home installations in Werkner and Island Lake PONs
There are four basic phases of work in bringing internet service to your home:
  • Mainline Boring
  • Mainline Fiber Installation
  • Drop Installation (bringing fiber cable from the road to the side of each home)
  • Home Installation (bringing fiber into you home and attaching to network router)

Here is the current status for zones or PONS that are in progress.

Werkner
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 95% (80) complete
Home Installations 75% (63) complete
84 Subscribers

Island Lake
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 72% (49) complete
Home Installations 21% (14) complete
68 Subscribers

Central Office
Mainline Boring 98% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 68% complete
Drop Installations 57% (45) complete
Home Installations 1% (1) complete
79 Subscribers

Boyce
Mainline Boring 99% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 95% complete
123 Subscribers

Sugarloaf
Mainline Boring 79% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 14% complete
114 Subscribers

Long Lake
Mainline Boring 96% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 3% complete
80 Subscribers

Wild Goose
Mainline Boring 28% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 21% complete
45 Subscribers

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