IMPORTANT
CCI replaced DSL & Copper Phone Lines with fiber based services -
Business Fiber and Fidium & Voice Over Internet (VOIP) for phone to
all in Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Deer Isle, Penobscot, Sedgwick & Stonington.
(see What's Happening for more details)
Get rid of STARLINK, DirecTV Satellite & your Copper Phone!
Don't throw away Money, Capacity, Capability and Logic.
Fiber replaces those services for less money!
CCI replaced DSL & Copper Phone Lines with fiber based services -
Business Fiber and Fidium & Voice Over Internet (VOIP) for phone to
all in Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Deer Isle, Penobscot, Sedgwick & Stonington.
(see What's Happening for more details)
Get rid of STARLINK, DirecTV Satellite & your Copper Phone!
Don't throw away Money, Capacity, Capability and Logic.
Fiber replaces those services for less money!
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Fidium Fiber
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ORLAND
The Maine Connectivity Authority Board (MCA) through a Connect The Ready grant to Consolidated Communications, Inc. (DBA Fidium Fiber), is providing all residents of ORLAND fiber access. Build starts in April and completes in August '25 (est.). Fidium is now available to most in Surry with Newbury Neck & Toddy Pond (east) having Premium Choice (some may have both). Fidium can provide up to 2,000 Mbps (Up/Download) ~$95 vs. Premium Choice's max capacity of 300 Mbps ~$150/mo! |
Upgrade to Fiber & get rid of STARLINK!
To ensure it's properly configured, see give IT get IT. |
Things to know:
1. WIFI is not the INTERNET! See "What's Happening."
2. STARLINK does not provide Broadband Service! Never has and never will. The FCC's definition of Broadband is 100Mbps/20Mbps Down/Upload. In Maine it's 100Mbps for BOTH! STARLINK, Hughesnet, Viasat, and Hotspots are incapable of providing consistent or symmetrical service.
3. SPECTRUM cannot provide symmetrical service (i.e. 100/100Mbps) over copper based cables? - Fiber is the only medium that is able to do that and it is NOT here - not matter how hard Spectrum lies to you!
4. Poor cellular service exists - often at home. You can fix that by using WIFI Calling on your smartphone (avail. under Cellular Settings). Use your home fiber service connection and the poor service is gone!
1. WIFI is not the INTERNET! See "What's Happening."
2. STARLINK does not provide Broadband Service! Never has and never will. The FCC's definition of Broadband is 100Mbps/20Mbps Down/Upload. In Maine it's 100Mbps for BOTH! STARLINK, Hughesnet, Viasat, and Hotspots are incapable of providing consistent or symmetrical service.
3. SPECTRUM cannot provide symmetrical service (i.e. 100/100Mbps) over copper based cables? - Fiber is the only medium that is able to do that and it is NOT here - not matter how hard Spectrum lies to you!
4. Poor cellular service exists - often at home. You can fix that by using WIFI Calling on your smartphone (avail. under Cellular Settings). Use your home fiber service connection and the poor service is gone!
MISSION STATEMENT
Peninsula Broadband for All
The Peninsula Utility for Broadband (PUB) advocates for fast, flexible, affordable and reliable internet to incentivize business, support schools, advance the quality of healthcare, connect homes and facilitate long term education and socialization of our rural communities.
THE PUB
The Peninsula Utility for Broadband (PUB) is a coalition of town working groups that seeks to enhance the quality of life and develop opportunities in education, health care and job creation through significantly improved Internet built to address today, and more specifically, the future. The PUB now represents all towns on the Blue Hill Peninsula and Deer Isle/Stonington to include: Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Deer Isle, Orland, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Stonington and Surry.
We meet monthly to share information and discuss opportunities for the Peninsula-wide and Island communities, with collaboration to more effectively work common issues and coordinate meeting attendance, consolidate resource documentation, share planning development and insights, as well as lessons learned from the group and others.
The PUB's focus is on synergizing efforts of the communities represented, as well as the efforts of other state and national groups working toward the same or similar goals. Each committee/working group and their associated town will educate and advocate Broadband/Internet service, which is affordable and available to all.
synergizing = combine or coordinate the activity of (two or more agents) to produce a joint effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
We meet monthly to share information and discuss opportunities for the Peninsula-wide and Island communities, with collaboration to more effectively work common issues and coordinate meeting attendance, consolidate resource documentation, share planning development and insights, as well as lessons learned from the group and others.
The PUB's focus is on synergizing efforts of the communities represented, as well as the efforts of other state and national groups working toward the same or similar goals. Each committee/working group and their associated town will educate and advocate Broadband/Internet service, which is affordable and available to all.
synergizing = combine or coordinate the activity of (two or more agents) to produce a joint effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.