Work completed 10/18/2020 through 10/24/2020:

• Completed home drops!  Please note that residents continue to contact MEC to sign-up for service (e.g. resident moved into Township, new home construction) so this number will continue to increase through the years.  For the purpose of the project, drops are considered 100% complete.
• Installed 23 home drops in Island Lake, Wild Goose and Ellsworth PONs (totals to date: 918 drops – 97 in Werkner PON, 77 in Island Lake PON, 87 in Central Office PON, 131 in Boyce PON, 124 in Sugarloaf PON, 43 in Guinan PON, 84 in Long Lake PON, 54 in Wild Goose PON, 55 in Bruin PON, 75 in Joslin PON and 91 in Ellsworth PON).
• Spliced 23 home drops in Werkner, Island Lake, Sugarloaf, Wild Goose, Joslin and Ellsworth PONs (totals to date: 818 spliced – 97 in Werkner PON, 76 in Island Lake PON, 87 in Central Office PON, 130 in Boyce PON, 121 in Sugarloaf PON, 42 in Guinan PON, 84 in Long Lake PON, 54 in Wild Goose PON, 55 in Bruin PON, 75 in Joslin PON and 1 in Ellsworth PON).
• Completed 28 new home installations in Werkner, Island Lake, Sugarloaf, Long Lake, Wild Goose, Bruin and Joslin PONs (totals to date: 762 with broadband – 95 in Werkner PON, 74 in Island Lake PON, 85 in Central Office PON, 126 in Boyce PON, 116 in Sugarloaf PON, 39 in Guinan PON, 83 in Long Lake PON, 45 in Wild Goose PON, 52 in Bruin PON and 47 in Joslin PON).

• Continue home drop splicing in Ellsworth PON
• Begin home installations in Ellsworth PON
• Continue home installations in Boyce, Sugarloaf, Guinan, Wild Goose, Bruin and Joslin 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 100% (97) complete
Home Installations 98% (95) complete
97 Subscribers

Island Lake
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 100% (77) complete
Home Installations 96% (74) complete
77 Subscribers

Central Office
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 100% (87) complete
Home Installations 98% (85) complete
87 Subscribers

Boyce
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 100% (131) complete
Home Installations 96% (126) complete
131 Subscribers

Sugarloaf
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installation 100% (124) complete
Home Installations 94% (116) complete
124 Subscribers

Guinan
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installation 100% (43) complete
Home Installations 91% (39) complete
43 Subscribers

Long Lake
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installation 100% (84) complete
Home Installations 99% (83) complete
84 Subscribers

Wild Goose
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 100% (54) complete
Home Installations 83% (45) complete
54 Subscribers

Bruin
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 100% (55) complete
Home Installations 95% (52) complete
55 Subscribers

Joslin
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 100% (75) complete
Home Installations 63% (47) complete
75 Subscribers

Ellsworth
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 100% (91) complete
Home Installations begin late October
91 Subscribers