Construction Update 1-5 to 1-18

Areas referenced below can be located on this map
Work completed 1/5/2020 through 1/11/2020:
  • 6 to 7 bore crews on-site plus one fiber pulling crew and one splicing crew.  Hired new boring company with two crews.
  • Bored 91 feet on Boyce Road (Boyce PON)
  • Bored 210 feet on Guinan Drive (Guinan PON)
  • Bored 1,555 feet on Gregory Court (Bruin PON)
  • Bored 610 feet on Bruin Lake Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bored 1,455 feet on Blind Lake Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bored 5,498 feet on Farnsworth Road (Ellsworth PON)
  • Installed 5 pedestals in Guinan PON
  • Pulled 2,502 feet of fiber in Guinan PON
  • Spliced fiber in Boyce PON
  • Completed 0 new drops (totals to-date: 352 total drops – 86 in Werkner PON, 67 in Island Lake PON, 77 in Central Office PON and 122 in Boyce PON)
  • Spliced 0 job (totals to-date: 150 spliced – 84 in Werkner PON, 65 in Island Lake PON and 1 in Central Office PON). (Note: Only four splices remain in Werkner and Island Lake PONs.)
  • 9 new home installations (totals to date: 141 with broadband – 79 in Werkner PON, 61 in Island Lake PON, and 1 in Central Office PON (Township Hall)).
Work to be completed 1/12/2020 through 1/18/2020:
  • 6 to 7 bore crews on-site plus one fiber pull crew and one splicing crew.
  • Bore on Sugarloaf Lake Road (Sugarloaf PON)
  • Bore on Gregory Court (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Bruin Lake Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Bruin Lake Shores (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Joslin Lake Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Blind Lake Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bore on Roepke Road (Ellsworth PON)
  • Bore on Jaycox Road (Ellsworth PON)
  • Finish installing remaining drops in Werkner, Island Lake, 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.

Werkner
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 98% (86) complete
Home Installations 90% (79) complete
88 Subscribers

Island Lake
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 99% (67) complete
Home Installations 90% (61) complete
68 Subscribers

Central Office
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 90% (77) complete
Home Installations 1% (1) complete
86 Subscribers

Boyce
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 99% complete
Drop Installations 99% (122) complete
123 Subscribers

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

Guinan
Mainline Boring 89% complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 49% 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 47% complete
52 Subscribers

Ellsworth
Mainline Boring 42% complete
90 Subscribers

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