Construction Update 5-31 to 6-13

Areas referenced below can be located on this map
Work completed 5/31/2020 through 6/6/2020:
  • Completed Blind Lake crossing boring
  • Continued splicing in Sugarloaf PON
  • Repaired fiber caused by a squirrel chew resulting in an outage for Lyndon Township and Chelsea School District
  • Continued restoration activities
  • Installed 64 home drops in Sugarloaf, Guinan and Long Lake PONs (totals to date: 521 drops – 89 in Werkner PON, 67 in Island Lake PON, 87 in Central Office PON, 127 in Boyce PON, 83 in Sugarloaf PON, 3 in Guinan PON and 65 in Long Lake PON).
  • Spliced 0 home drops in Boyce PON (totals to date: 361 spliced – 89 in Werkner PON, 67 in Island Lake PON, 87 in Central Office PON and 118 in Boyce PON)
  • Completed 31 new home installations in Boyce PON (totals to date: 281 with broadband – 88 in Werkner PON, 64 in Island Lake PON, 64 in Central Office PON and 65 in Boyce PON)
Work to be completed 6/7/2020 through 6/13/2020:
  • Continue restoration activities
  • Pull fiber through Blind Lake crossing
  • Continue splicing in Sugarloaf PON
  • Continue home drops in Long Lake, Sugarloaf Lake and Guinan PONs
  • Continue to splice home drops in Boyce PON
  • Continue home installations in Central Office and Boyce 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.  Note: Subscribers per PON has been updated to show increases in new subscriptions.

Werkner
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 98% (89) complete
Home Installations 97% (88) complete
91 Subscribers

Island Lake
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 97% (67) complete
Home Installations 93% (64) complete
69 Subscribers

Central Office
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 94% (87) complete
Home Installations 69% (64) complete
93 Subscribers

Boyce
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 97% (127) complete
Home Installations 50% (65)
131 Subscribers

Sugarloaf
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installation 71% (83) complete
117 Subscribers

Guinan
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installation 7% (3) complete
41 Subscribers

Long Lake
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installation 80% (65) complete
81 Subscribers

Wild Goose
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
47 Subscribers

Bruin
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 97% complete
56 Subscribers

Joslin
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 47% complete
66 Subscribers

Ellsworth
Mainline Boring complete
91 Subscribers

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