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Pioneer scheduling installations for parts of Calais & Baileyville!
Pioneer Broadband is set to start scheduling installations for Internet and Telephone services in parts of Baileyville and Calais. Calais: North Street South Street Washington Lincoln Baileyville: Main Street Access Road Broadway Washington For more information on rates & availability please follow the link below! https://pioneerbroadband.net/
Pioneer! Our first ISP.
Update! Select areas in Baileyville on the Houlton Road, Main Street, Access Road, 3rd Ave, Washington Street, and Broadway will have access to our fiber network within two weeks. In other news – fiber has been run for the River Road in Calais from the Golf Course to the Robbinston town line. This road requires Read More
Business After Hours – Downeast Broadband Utility Public Meeting! Wednesday, June 12th from 6pm-8pm
Join us for Business After Hours by the St. Croix Valley Chamber of Commerce at the Calais Motor on Wednesday, June 12th from 6pm-8pm! We will be discussing updates and the progress that Downeast Broadband Utility has made! Guest speakers, free food, and a cash bar. All are welcome! Credits St. Croix Valley Read More
True Fiber to the Homes & Businesses in Calais & Baileyville is just around the corner
It has been an exciting winter for Downeast Broadband’s Baileyville and Calais fiber to the home and business project. Our crews have been working very hard installing the network. We are looking at or around May 20th to be able to list the ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) that will be providing service on this exciting Read More
January Updates
Construction of the new fiber to the home network is scheduled to start in Baileyville Monday January 7th on Washington Street. The build-out will continue in Baileyville as weather permits. The Calais construction crew is waiting on final acceptance from Consolidated Communications on pole attachments…
October Updates
On October 25th, Downeast Broadband received official notification from Consolidated Communications that “make-ready” work for the first set of pole attachment applications had been completed. Here’s how the process works…
The Broadband Community Takes Notice of Maine’s Initiatives
A lack of reliable, high-speed internet can have negative effects on a community in more ways than one. Not only does it deter new businesses and residents from moving there, but it limits…
The Inside Scoop on Dark Fiber
As we talk about bringing better connectivity to the Calais and Baileyville, Maine communities, we mention the use of an open access fiber network. Our approach is slightly different however, in that we are going to be deploying dark fiber to homes and businesses. What is dark fiber?
September Updates
September 13th – For the past year, Downeast Broadband has been working to bring fiber optic Internet access to the communities of Baileyville and Calais. Part of the project includes obtaining permission from the owners of the utility poles to attach the fiber. All of the poles in question are owned by either Consolidated Communications or Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative – except for one…