Construction Update 12-29 to1-11

Areas referenced below can be located on this map
Work completed 12/29 through 1/4:
  • 5 to 6 bore crews on-site plus one fiber pulling crew and one splicing crew (Note: no work on 12/31/2019 or 1/1/2020.)
  • Bored 410 feet on Sugarloaf Lake Road (Guinan PON)
  • Bored 15 feet on Guinan Drive (Guinan PON)
  • Bored 449 feet on Hadley Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Bored 1,045 feet on Watt Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Bored 1,872 feet on Hidden Lake Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Bored 500 feet on Bruin Lake Shores Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bored 320 feet on Hadley Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bored 1,277 feet on Bartell Drive (Bruin PON)
  • Bored 530 feet on Farnsworth Road (Ellsworth PON)
  • Installed 4 pedestals in Guinan PON, 5 pedestals in Wild Goose PON, and 4 pedestals in Bruin PON
  • Pulled 3,744 feet of fiber in Sugarloaf PON
  • Spliced fiber in Boyce PON
  • Completed 47 new drops in Boyce PON.  Totals to-date: 352 total drops – 84 in Werkner PON, 66 in Island Lake PON, 77 in Central Office PON and 125 in Boyce PON)
  • Spliced jobs (totals to-date: 148 spliced – 84 in Werkner PON, 64 in Island Lake PON and 1 in Central Office PON). (Note: Only two splices remain in Werkner and Island Lake PONs.)
  • 0 new home installations (totals to date: 132 with broadband – 79 in Werkner PON, 52 in Island Lake PON, and 1 in Central Office PON (Township Hall)).  (Note:  No home installations have been scheduled by home owners during the holiday weeks.  Home installations resume on January 7.)
Work to be completed 1/5 through 1/11:
  • 6 to 7 bore crews on-site plus one fiber pull crew and one splicing crew.  Note: New boring company starts next week with two additional crews.
  • Bore on Sugarloaf Lake Road (Sugarloaf PON)
  • Bore on Guinan Road (Guinan PON)
  • Bore on Gregory Court (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Hadley Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Joslin Lake Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Crescent Drive (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Edgewater Drive (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Blind Lake Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Farnsworth Road (Ellsworth PON)
  • Continue to install remaining drops in Werkner, Island Lake, Central Office, and Boyce PONs until ground freezes
  • Continue to pull fiber in Sugarloaf PON and splice fiber in Boyce PON
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 96% (84) complete
Home Installations 90% (79) complete
88 Subscribers

Island Lake
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 94% (66) complete
Home Installations 74% (52) complete
70 Subscribers

Central Office
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 88% (77) complete
Home Installations 1% (1) complete
88 Subscribers

Boyce
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 99% complete
Drop Installations 63% (78) complete
123 Subscribers

Sugarloaf
Mainline Boring 99% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 96% complete
114 Subscribers

Guinan
Mainline Boring 86% complete
40 Subscribers  

Long Lake
Mainline Boring 96% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 64% complete
80 Subscribers

Wild Goose
Mainline Boring 84% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 24% complete
45 Subscribers

Bruin
Mainline Boring 39% complete
52 Subscribers

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