Work completed 6/30 through 7/13:

4 to 7 bore crews on-site
Bored 2,044 feet on Island Lake Point (Island Lake PON)
Bored 2,700 feet on North Territorial Road (Island Lake PON)
Bored 800 feet on Rex Road (Island Lake PON)
Bored 593 feet under Island Lake (Island Lake PON)
Bored 1,524 feet on Roepke Road (Central Office PON)
Bored 1,065 feet on South Lake Road (Central Office PON)
Bored 2,614 feet on M-52 (Central Office PON)
Installed 7 pedestals in Island Lake PON and 3 pedestals in Central Office PON
Escalated delayed and incorrect Miss Dig gas and electric locates that are causing delays in boring and drop construction
Beta testers reported that they are happy with the new broadband service
1 new signup (830 total signups: 308 Basic, 279 Ultra, 236 Gig, 4 undecided, 170 with phone, 3 phone only)

Work to be completed 7/14 through 7/20:

6 to 8 bore crews on-site
Bore on Rex Road (Island Lake PON)
Bore on M-52 (Central Office PON)
Bore on Roepke Road (Central Office PON)
Bore on Cassidy Road (Boyce PON)
Bore on Bush Road (Sugarloaf PON)
Construct drops at 32 houses in Werkner and Island Lake PON (postponed from the previous week due to Miss Dig delays and inaccuracies)

We “turned up the light” at the Township Hall last week, and now you can get a taste of what’s to come with high-speed fiber internet.

Township official Gary Munce said, “The Lyndon Broadband Implementation Committee believes the activation of reliable, high-speed fiber internet and phone service at the Lyndon Township hall will bring new and exciting opportunities; officials, staff, commissions, residents and visitors will all see benefits. For example, new digital signage will be installed to better inform residents and visitors of upcoming events and information, and internet service will available soon to the new Border to Border trail-head adjacent to the town hall.”

We appreciate everyone who stopped by at our June 13 open house. About 140 people attended one of our Cutting the Cord education sessions, learning how to use fiber internet with streaming services to access the entertainment content you want and need. Based on the popularity of this session, we’ll likely bring it back this fall.

Construction efforts continue at full speed, and we expect to light up our first homes in the next couple of weeks. It’s just a matter of time before everyone in Lyndon Township is streaming at the speed of light.

MEC has made four presentations on topics related to Broadband installation, setup and use.

Each presentation has featured a series of slides.   You can find these presentation slides at the links here.

March – Drop Installation Process

April – Home Installation

May – Tips and Tricks

June – Cutting the Cord – Streaming TV over the Internet

Fiber optic cable has been pulled to the township hall  and the broadband service has been activated. Planning is currently underway to make WiFi  available for public use at the township hall. 

There’s light at the end of the tunnel, literally, as we prepare to bring fiber internet to life at Lyndon Township Hall.

In this week’s construction update, Township officials announced that the cabinet and vault were installed last week, and they anticipate that service will be active for next week’s open house.

Your MEC Internet Team will be on site on May 22, and we invite you to stop by any time between 3-6 p.m. to ask questions and actually test drive the service that’s coming your way soon. At 6 p.m. we’ll host an informational session: Tips, Tricks and Helpful Hints After Your Service Is Installed.

If you can’t join us this month, please stop by on June 13 between 3-7 p.m. We’re bringing the popular Cutting the Cord presentation every hour beginning at 3, teaching you how to cut the cord from traditional television providers and use your new fiber internet with streaming services to access the content that you want and need.

More than 800 of your friends and neighbors across Lyndon Township are signed up for fiber internet. We look forward to serving you soon!