Construction Update 10-13 to 10-26

Areas referenced below can be located on this map
Work completed 10/13 through 10/19:
  • 9 bore crews on-site plus one fiber pulling crew and one splicing crew
  • Bored 1,063 feet on M-52 (Central Office PON)
  • Bored 264 feet on Leeke Road (Boyce PON)
  • Bored 1,479 feet on Roe Road (Boyce PON)
  • Bored 600 feet on M-52 (Long Lake PON)
  • Bored 946 feet on Waterloo Road (Long Lake PON)
  • Bored 374 feet on Clark Lake Road (Long Lake PON)
  • Bored 3,204 feet on Joslin Lake Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Bored 260 feet on N Territorial Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Installed 1 pedestal in Central Office PON, 4 pedestals in Boyce PON, 2 pedestals in Wild Goose PON and 4 pedestals in Ellsworth PON
  • Pulled 1,160 feet of fiber in Central Office PON and 6,994 feet in Boyce PON
  • Spliced fiber in Central Office and Boyce PONs
  • 10 new drops this week (totals to-date: 96 total drops – 75 in Werkner PON, 20 in Island Lake PON and 1 in Central Office PON)
  • Spliced 20 jobs (totals to-date: 77 spliced – 67 in Werkner PON, 9 in Island Lake PON and 1 in Central Office PON)
  • 9 new home installations (totals to-date: 43 with broadband – 41 in Werkner PON, 1 in Island Lake PON, and 1 in Central Office PON (Township Hall))
Work to be completed 10/20 through 10/26:
  • 8 bore crews on-site plus one fiber pull crew and one splicing crew
  • Bore on M-52 (Central Office and Long Lake PONs)
  • Bore on Boyce Road Road (Boyce PON)
  • Bore on Clark Lake Road (Long Lake PON)
  • Bore on Waterloo Road (Sugarloaf and Long Lake PONs)
  • Bore on Joslin Lake Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Continue to pull and splice fiber in Central Office and Boyce PONs
  • Continue drop installations in Werkner and Island Lake PONs.  Update:  42 drops completed this week!
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 89% (75) complete
Home Installations 49% (41) complete
84 Subscribers

Island Lake
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 29% (20) complete
Home Installations underway
68 Subscribers

Central Office
Mainline Boring 96% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 68% complete
79 Subscribers

Boyce
Mainline Boring 99% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 63% complete
123 Subscribers

Sugarloaf
Mainline Boring 62% complete
114 Subscribers

Long Lake
Mainline Boring 66% complete
80 Subscribers

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