Tag Archives: Upper Peninsula

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…

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…

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…

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…

ANN ARBOR, MI - Merit Network, Inc. announced today completed milestones for its REACH-3MC Round II fiber-optic construction project. "I am pleased to announce our continued progress on the REACH-3MC Round II project. Building over 1,000 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure,…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announced today that it has established 10 Gbps (gigabit per second) connectivity between all public university Governing Member campuses. The completion of REACH-3MC Round 1 construction and current progress on REACH-3MC Round 2…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. is pleased to announce the deployment of ADVA Optical Networking equipment at 16 nodes on the Merit backbone. The equipment, which consists of routers, switches and optical transport gear, will improve service to…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announces today the transition to a new regional Member Relations model. The new model increases staff and expands Merit's presence throughout Michigan, placing Member Relations Managers in six different geographic regions across the…

ANN ARBOR, MI - Merit Network announced today the addition of Jim Lundberg to the Merit staff as the Upper Peninsula Member Relations Manager. Jim recently retired from Bay de Noc Community College where he spent 30 years, including the…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announced today the award of federal stimulus funding to construct 1,270 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure in the Northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas of Michigan. The fiber, which enables access to high-performance broadband, will…