Monthly Fiber Update: April

CenturyLink is at the Root   Tracking and reporting on the state of the Century Link submarine fiber cable this year has brought us back to our roots. In fact, the current iteration of Rock Island has its genesis with the Century Link fiber break of 2013. Most...

San Juan Islands in Washington State

Successful Rural Fiber Broadband DeploymentToo many rural areas in America still have slow broadband service. San Juan Islands (Washington State) used to have only DSL (1 Mbps) service provided by CenturyLink, and spotty cellular phone coverage from AT&T and...

Monthly Fiber Update: March

Lopez Island LTE Complete   Not too long ago, we drove our trucks onto Lopez soil with the intent of making it safer for locals and visitors, and to bring much-needed Internet services to islanders, including businesses in the village. Believe it or not, for...

Monthly Fiber Update: February

Houston, we have a problem…   We’ve had a tidal wave of calls recently from people looking to get off CenturyLink Internet and phone service. If you haven’t been tracking the news lately, there has been discussion about the condition of the CenturyLink’s fiber...

Monthly Fiber Update: January

Our Group Fiber Projects The Rock Island team is actively working on over 200 fiber construction projects at this very moment. We are also in discussions with over 1,000 additional homes and businesses throughout the county to get fiber optic broadband. If you want...

Testing Your Internet Speed

Using a Speed Test to Get the Best Results Testing your internet performance and understanding the general health of your Internet connection is a good thing to do from time to time. The most common way to do this is by running what is known as a speed test. Speed...