Please note the map above is only a representation and not an exact location of our construction route.
Project Phase:
February 23, 2024 Update:
We have completed splicing for some of our Nelson project and have started scheduling installations! If you have received a notification from us, please call or text us at (320) 834-7253 to schedule your fiber-optic cutover as soon as possible!
February 5, 2024 Update:
We are wrapping up the main line splicing. We are working on installing and testing our CO (Central Office) equipment. Once all of the equipment is installed and passed testing, we will begin scheduling installations.
November 9, 2023 Update:
We have been getting quite a few questions coming in regarding our Nelson fiber project – so here’s the latest update!
Most of the construction is complete in the Nelson project area. The team is now placing the networking sites and electronics and has started splicing the fiber optic. Each home gets spliced back to a ped, which gets spliced back to a networking site, which gets spliced back to the Gardonville headquarters. Once splicing is done, we’ll begin scheduling installs.
If you are in this project area and have not scheduled your site visit yet, please give us a call at (320) 834-7253 or toll free 1-888-219-4145 as soon as possible.
October 17, 2023 Update:
The main line is complete. We are working on the fiber drops for the Nelson project.
September 19, 2023 Update:
We are working on the main line and fiber drops for the Nelson project. If you are in this project area, please give us a call at (320) 834-7253 or toll free 1-888-219-4145 to schedule your site visit.
August 23, 2023 Update:
We are making good progress on the main fiber line in the Nelson project. If you are in this project area, please give us a call at (320) 834-7253 or toll free 1-888-219-4145 to schedule your site visit.
August 10, 2023 Update:
We have started construction on the main line. If you are in this project area, please give us a call at (320) 834-7253 or toll free 1-888-219-4145 to schedule your site visit as soon as possible.
July 21, 2023 Update:
We were in the Nelson fiber project doing site visits this week. If you are in this project area, please give us a call at (320) 834-7253 or toll free 1-888-219-4145 to schedule your site visit.
July 12, 2023 Update:
If you are in this project area, please give us a call at (320) 834-7253 or toll free 1-888-219-4145 to schedule your site visit as soon as possible.
May 16, 2023 Update:
We are still scheduling site visits for the Nelson project. If you are in this project area, please give us a call at (320) 834-7253 or toll free 1-888-219-4145 to schedule your site visit as soon as possible.
March 21, 2023 Update:
There may still be snow on the ground, but we are in the full swing of scheduling site visits! Our plan is to break ground as soon as we can in the Spring of 2023, so if you are in this project area, please give us a call at (320) 834-7253 or toll free 1-888-219-4145 as soon as possible.
January 12, 2023 Update:
We will be breaking ground on the Nelson Grant project in the spring of 2023. To be as efficient as possible, we have started scheduling site visits. If you are in this project area, we will be sending postcards to notify you. If you received a postcard, please give us a call at (320) 834-7253 or toll free 1-888-219-4145 as soon as possible.
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December 8, 2022 Update:
Today the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development announced the 2022 Border to Border (B2B) Grant recipients and we are pleased to share we are one of them!
The “Nelson” project will serve over 300 unserved households with fiber-optic internet. Of these 300+ locations, 59 are home based businesses or telecommuters in the Alexandria area. This project will enhance the quality of life in this neighborhood for years to come.
“This win will forever change the service area for our cooperative and will help us reach new benchmarks that just a few short years ago, we could have never imagined. This is a big deal…nice things like this only happen once in a great while!” – Dave Wolf, Gardonville CEO