ANN ARBOR, Mich. - During the Merit Member Conference, Merit Network will commemorate the important REACH-3MC broadband infrastructure project in Michigan. The lunch will feature several dignitaries, who will discuss the impact of the project. Who: Jean Rice, Senior Communications…
Read More
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Merit Network today announced the completion of the REACH-3MC fiber-optic infrastructure project, which has built 2,287 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure across Michigan and in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Engineers have finished splicing the remaining fiber…
Read More
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Soon, Merit Network will have completed one of the largest fiber-optic network projects in the history of Michigan, building middle-mile infrastructure from Monroe in the Southeast Lower Peninsula to Ironwood in the Northwest Upper Peninsula. After…
Read More
After receiving $128 million in federal funding to revitalize broadband Internet access across rural Michigan, Merit Network, Inc., needed the right fiber and materials partner. Some RFP finalists were too large to provide the custom, hands-on approach Merit needed. Others,…
Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY Who: James Lorenson, President, Gogebic Community College Elwood Downing, Vice President, Member Relations, Communications, Services and Product Development, Merit Network Tom Ruppe, Network Support Analyst, Gogebic Community Mental Health Juliane Giackino, County Administrator, Gogebic County Elaine Erickson, Director,…
Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY Who: Cheryl Hoffman, Director, Spies Public Library Elwood Downing, Vice President, Member Relations, Communications, Services and Product Development, Merit Network Kenny Marks, Menominee County Sheriff Michael Cattani, Superintendent, Menominee Area Public Schools The Honorable Ed McBroom, State Representative,…
Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY Who: Dr. Olin Joynton, President, Alpena Community College Don Welch, President and CEO, Merit Network Elwood Downing, Vice President, Member Relations, Communications, Services and Product Development, Merit Network Jake Martin, Director of IT, Alpena Regional Medical Center Jeff…
Read More
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network engineers have completed a 3,000 foot-long segment of fiber-optic network on the edge of Alpena and have lit a 10 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) network connection between Alpena and Powers, Michigan. Lit by ADVA optical networking…
Read More
ANN ARBOR, MI - Merit Network, Inc. announced the completion and lighting of the fiber-optic network segment between Watersmeet and Ironwood, Michigan. With this milestone, network traffic can now travel at the speed of light from Monroe to Berrien Springs…
Read More
ANN ARBOR, MI - Merit Network, Inc. announced today the completion of three significant segments of their Round II REACH-3MC fiber-optic network build-out in the Upper Peninsula: St. Ignace to Watersmeet, Watersmeet to Houghton, and Powers to Menominee. Merit has…
Read More