Maine Fiber Company

Sept 21, 2011

Jeff McCarthy Joins Maine Fiber Company, Inc. as Vice President of Business Development
"PORTLAND, Maine - Maine Fiber Company, Inc. (MFC) is pleased to announce that Jeff McCarthy has been hired to serve as Vice President of Business Development. McCarthy brings more than 25 years of experience in telecommunications to MFC. "We're excited to have Jeff join MFC," said Dwight Allison, MFC's CEO. "Five hundred miles of the project will be completed by the end of 2011, and the remaining 600 miles are pegged for completion during the fall of 2012. Jeff will play an integral role in MFC's business development efforts, working closely with telecom providers seeking to use MFC's network to provide reliable, high speed access services to their customers.""

August 15, 2011

Experts: New fiber network makes for healthy economy
"PORTLAND, Maine - Officials held a press conference at the Loring Commerce Centre in northern Aroostook County earlier this month to celebrate the expansion of a high-speed fiber optics network through the old airbase as part of the Three Ring Binder project."

July 19, 2011

Redevelopment of former furniture plant in Dover-Foxcroft inching forward
"DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine - Based on recent surveys, about 75 percent of Americans would trade their large lot suburban home for a smaller lot, townhouse or an apartment that was within walking distance of shops, a Missouri developer told Dover-Foxcroft selectmen Monday."

July 18, 2011

Aroostook County leaders laud new Internet expansion project
"LIMESTONE, Maine - Approximately 30 people were in Limestone on Monday to help a Portland-based company mark the expansion of a high-speed Internet network that officials said will lure new economic development opportunities and jobs to Aroostook County."

July 18, 2011

Maine Fiber Company Marks High-Speed Internet Expansion in Northern Maine: "Loring Commerce Centre, Limestone, Maine - Carl Flora, President and CEO of Loring Development Authority in Limestone, Maine, located five miles from the U.S.-Canadian border, already knows what access to Maine Fiber Company's Three Ring Binder high-speed Internet fiber optic network will mean for Loring Development Centre and Aroostook County: new economic development opportunities and jobs."

Click here to download a PDF copy.

June 22, 2011

Press Release: "A newly released study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on business friendly economic development opportunities across the country ranks Maine number one in the nation when it comes to infrastructure as a result of the Three Ring Binder broadband expansion project being built by Maine Fiber Company, Inc. and managed by Tilson Fiber Technology, LLC."

Click here to read the press release, or here to download a PDF copy.

March 23, 2011

Joshua Broder to Speak at Annual Meeting of the Maine Telecommunications Users Group: "Joshua Broder, General Manager of Maine Fiber Company, Inc., has been invited to speak at the annual meeting of the Maine Telecommunications Users Group, to be held on April 6th at Resilient Communications in Brunswick, Maine."

February 24, 2011

Connecting Healthcare and Elder Care to the Three Ring Binder: "With the construction of the Three Ring Binder in Maine, we have an opportunity to connect a variety of non-profit organizations to this exceptional broadband network..."

December 1, 2010

Cabling Installation & Maintenance: "Fiber network to span 100 communities in Maine."

November 30, 2010

Yahoo! Finance: "Maine Fiber Company, Inc. Selects NextGen Telecom Services Group for Three Ring Binder Network Construction, Maintenance and Emergency Restoration."

TMCNet.com: "Maine Fiber Picks nextGen for ARRA-Supported Effort."

November 29, 2010

Press Release: "Maine Fiber Company, Inc. Selects NextGen Telecom Services Group for Three Ring Binder Network Construction, Maintenance and Emergency Restoration."

November 17, 2010

Press Release: "Maine Fiber Company and Axiom Technologies conduct ribbon cutting ceremony for the Three Ring Binder in Machias, ME on Monday, November 22."

November 5, 2010

Maine Insights: "First portion of Maine's broadband Internet highway complete."

October 14, 2010

MPBN: "Major Internet Expansion Project in Maine Celebrates Milestone."

WCSH6: "High-speed Internet Upgrade Begins."

Exception magazine: "Maine Rural Broadband Infrastructure Company Completes Pilot Project."

Portland Press Herald: "Network launch begins Internet gains for Maine."

Portland Press Herald: "Our View: High-speed fiber network will be boon to rural Maine."

FierceTelecom: "Maine's Three Ring Binder network gets underway."

October 8, 2010

Press Release: "Maine Fiber Company, Inc. Celebrates Completion of the Pilot Segment of the Three Ring Binder"
Click to view/download as PDF:
Press release
Letter from Governor John Baldacci
Letter from Senator Olympia Snowe
Letter from Senator Susan Collins

October 6, 2010

Bangor Daily News: "Broadband gaps hurt state business growth."

September 13, 2010

Bangor Daily News: "$1.4 million broadband grant to boost Washington County economy."

September 9, 2010

Press Release: "University of Maine System to lease dark fiber on Maine Fiber Company, Inc.'s Three Ring Binder network."

August 24, 2010

Broadband for America: "Maine Broadband Expansion Project Shows Importance of Building Up Infrastructure."

Penobscot Bay Press: "Maine Fiber Company of Portland, as part of the Three Ring Binder Project, has begun an initiative to install government-supported fiber optics to 'Community Anchor Institutions' along the Three Ring Binder route."

NetworkWorld.com: "Five billionth device about to plug into Internet."

July 29, 2010

WCSH 6 (video): "Broadband reaches out to rural areas in Maine."
WCSH 6 (article): "Broadband could be Maine's communication backbone."

July 23, 2010

Press Release: "Maine Fiber Company, Inc. in conjunction with the Maine Fiber Company Advisory Board and as part of the Three Ring Binder Project, has begun an initiative to install federally-supported fiber optics (internet connections) to Community Anchor Institutions ("CAI's") along the Three Ring Binder route."

Click here to download the release as a PDF

June 14, 2010

MFC President Joshua Broder provides a progress update at the NTIA's BroadbandUSA blog.

May 10, 2010

Maine Public Utilities Commission: "MPUC Grants Maine Fiber Petition to Provide Dark Fiber Service."

May 5, 2010

Bangor Daily News: "Delegation urges more broadband coverage; Rural business owners seek access to fast Internet."

April 15, 2010

Portland Press Herald: Editorial: "Our View: Recent moves bode well for broadband access."

April 9, 2010

Capital Weekly: "Three Ring Binder broadband steps toward unserved areas."

April 8, 2010

MPBN: "Bill Paves Way for Maine Broadband Project."

Bangor Daily News: "Bill Pushes 'Three-Ring Binder' Network Forward."

April 7, 2010

Press Release: "MAINE FIBER COMPANY'S THREE-RING BINDER RURAL BROADBAND PROJECT MOVES FORWARD WITH SUPPORT FROM MAINE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE."

Click here to read the press release, or here to download a PDF copy.

March 17, 2010

"State of the State" TV program: The Maine Center for Economic Policy devoted a full program called "Wiring Maine for Success" about moving forward with Maine Fiber Company's Three Ring Binder project -- and how it would help the state's economy.

Visit the program's site at the link above to download an audio copy of the program, or to find the local broadcast schedule on Time Warner Cable.

Machias Valley News: "Maine Fiber Touts Plan for Expanding Open Access Rural Broadband Network"

Broadbandreports.com: "Fairpoint Still Fighting Rural Maine Broadband Expansion"

Lightreading.com: "Maine Fiber Network Comes Under Fire"

The Quoddy Tides: "The Three Ring Binder project to bring expanded broadband access for service providers to Downeast Maine may be threatened if meetings between the Maine Fiber Company and Fairpoint are unsuccessful."

March 16, 2010

Portland Press Herald: "Portland vies to be Google's 'fiber city'"

March 15, 2010

NPR: "Will The National Broadband Plan Come Up Short?"
Read the article here, or listen to the broadcast here.

March 12, 2010

New York Times: "The Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan that will reimagine the nation's media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country's dominant communication network."

March 4, 2010

Bangor Daily News: "Access and capacity. That's the essence of the protracted battle between FairPoint Communications and Maine Fiber Co. over the Three Ring Binder project that would bring broadband infrastructure to 1,100 miles of rural Maine, according to Maine Fiber's CEO."

Wired.com: The Wired Interview: FCC Chair Julius Genachowski on Broadband, Google and His iPhone

March 1, 2010

NPR: National Public Radio's Morning Edition program examines the issue of expanding access to high-speed Internet nationally -- and how some telecommunications companies are are fighting federal stimulus funding, like the $25.4 million won by Maine's Three Ring Binder project, because they do not want to provide open access to fiber.

Click here to listen to the segment (4:52), or here to read the transcript.

February 25, 2010

Press Release: "MAINE FIBER COMPANY'S 'THREE RING BINDER' RURAL BROADBAND PROJECT EARNS BROAD SUPPORT AT STATE LEGISLATIVE HEARING."

Click here to read the release, or here to download a PDF.

February 18, 2010

Comms-express.com: "Fibre optic cables to improve broadband availability in Maine"

February 17, 2010

Press Release: "MAINE FIBER COMPANY INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA & HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 'THREE RING BINDER.'"

Click here to download a PDF of the release.

February 14, 2010

Maine Sunday Telegram: "High-speed Internet grant good public policy - Federally funded fiber lines create fair competition for small service providers."

February 10, 2010

MPBN: "New Company Formed to Develop High-Speed Fiber Optic Network."

Kennebec Journal: "Company formed to install fiber network."

Portland Press Herald: "Maine Fiber to install cable in rural broadband project"

MaineBiz: "New company to lead broadband project."

Associated Press: "Maine company to lay 1,100 miles of optic cable."

February 9, 2010

Press Release: "NEW MAINE COMPANY FORMED TO BUILD STATE AND FEDERALLY APROVED, HIGH CAPACITY, OPEN ACCESS RURAL BROADBAND NETWORK."

Click here to read the release, or here to download a PDF.


	News Dark Fiber Pricing RFP/RFQ About History Construction Benefits Advisory Board Board of Directors FAQ Contact Us Open Access	News / Press Releases Sept 21, 2011 Jeff McCarthy Joins Maine Fiber Company, Inc. as Vice President of Business Development "PORTLAND, Maine - Maine Fiber Company, Inc. (MFC) is pleased to announce that Jeff McCarthy has been hired to serve as Vice President of Business Development. McCarthy brings more than 25 years of experience in telecommunications to MFC. "We're excited to have Jeff join MFC," said Dwight Allison, MFC's CEO. "Five hundred miles of the project will be completed by the end of 2011, and the remaining 600 miles are pegged for completion during the fall of 2012. Jeff will play an integral role in MFC's business development efforts, working closely with telecom providers seeking to use MFC's network to provide reliable, high speed access services to their customers."" August 15, 2011 Experts: New fiber network makes for healthy economy "PORTLAND, Maine - Officials held a press conference at the Loring Commerce Centre in northern Aroostook County earlier this month to celebrate the expansion of a high-speed fiber optics network through the old airbase as part of the Three Ring Binder project." July 19, 2011 Redevelopment of former furniture plant in Dover-Foxcroft inching forward "DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine - Based on recent surveys, about 75 percent of Americans would trade their large lot suburban home for a smaller lot, townhouse or an apartment that was within walking distance of shops, a Missouri developer told Dover-Foxcroft selectmen Monday." July 18, 2011 Aroostook County leaders laud new Internet expansion project "LIMESTONE, Maine - Approximately 30 people were in Limestone on Monday to help a Portland-based company mark the expansion of a high-speed Internet network that officials said will lure new economic development opportunities and jobs to Aroostook County." July 18, 2011 Maine Fiber Company Marks High-Speed Internet Expansion in Northern Maine: "Loring Commerce Centre, Limestone, Maine - Carl Flora, President and CEO of Loring Development Authority in Limestone, Maine, located five miles from the U.S.-Canadian border, already knows what access to Maine Fiber Company's Three Ring Binder high-speed Internet fiber optic network will mean for Loring Development Centre and Aroostook County: new economic development opportunities and jobs." Click here to download a PDF copy. June 22, 2011 Press Release: "A newly released study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on business friendly economic development opportunities across the country ranks Maine number one in the nation when it comes to infrastructure as a result of the Three Ring Binder broadband expansion project being built by Maine Fiber Company, Inc. and managed by Tilson Fiber Technology, LLC." Click here to read the press release, or here to download a PDF copy. March 23, 2011 Joshua Broder to Speak at Annual Meeting of the Maine Telecommunications Users Group: "Joshua Broder, General Manager of Maine Fiber Company, Inc., has been invited to speak at the annual meeting of the Maine Telecommunications Users Group, to be held on April 6th at Resilient Communications in Brunswick, Maine." February 24, 2011 Connecting Healthcare and Elder Care to the Three Ring Binder: "With the construction of the Three Ring Binder in Maine, we have an opportunity to connect a variety of non-profit organizations to this exceptional broadband network..." December 1, 2010 Cabling Installation & Maintenance: "Fiber network to span 100 communities in Maine." November 30, 2010 Yahoo! Finance: "Maine Fiber Company, Inc. Selects NextGen Telecom Services Group for Three Ring Binder Network Construction, Maintenance and Emergency Restoration." TMCNet.com: "Maine Fiber Picks nextGen for ARRA-Supported Effort." November 29, 2010 Press Release: "Maine Fiber Company, Inc. Selects NextGen Telecom Services Group for Three Ring Binder Network Construction, Maintenance and Emergency Restoration." November 17, 2010 Press Release: "Maine Fiber Company and Axiom Technologies conduct ribbon cutting ceremony for the Three Ring Binder in Machias, ME on Monday, November 22." November 5, 2010 Maine Insights: "First portion of Maine's broadband Internet highway complete." October 14, 2010 MPBN: "Major Internet Expansion Project in Maine Celebrates Milestone." WCSH6: "High-speed Internet Upgrade Begins." Exception magazine: "Maine Rural Broadband Infrastructure Company Completes Pilot Project." Portland Press Herald: "Network launch begins Internet gains for Maine." Portland Press Herald: "Our View: High-speed fiber network will be boon to rural Maine." FierceTelecom: "Maine's Three Ring Binder network gets underway." October 8, 2010 Press Release: "Maine Fiber Company, Inc. Celebrates Completion of the Pilot Segment of the Three Ring Binder" Click to view/download as PDF: Press release Letter from Governor John Baldacci Letter from Senator Olympia Snowe Letter from Senator Susan Collins October 6, 2010 Bangor Daily News: "Broadband gaps hurt state business growth." September 13, 2010 Bangor Daily News: "$1.4 million broadband grant to boost Washington County economy." September 9, 2010 Press Release: "University of Maine System to lease dark fiber on Maine Fiber Company, Inc.'s Three Ring Binder network." August 24, 2010 Broadband for America: "Maine Broadband Expansion Project Shows Importance of Building Up Infrastructure." Penobscot Bay Press: "Maine Fiber Company of Portland, as part of the Three Ring Binder Project, has begun an initiative to install government-supported fiber optics to 'Community Anchor Institutions' along the Three Ring Binder route." NetworkWorld.com: "Five billionth device about to plug into Internet." July 29, 2010 WCSH 6 (video): "Broadband reaches out to rural areas in Maine." WCSH 6 (article): "Broadband could be Maine's communication backbone." July 23, 2010 Press Release: "Maine Fiber Company, Inc. in conjunction with the Maine Fiber Company Advisory Board and as part of the Three Ring Binder Project, has begun an initiative to install federally-supported fiber optics (internet connections) to Community Anchor Institutions ("CAI's") along the Three Ring Binder route." Click here to download the release as a PDF June 14, 2010 MFC President Joshua Broder provides a progress update at the NTIA's BroadbandUSA blog. May 10, 2010 Maine Public Utilities Commission: "MPUC Grants Maine Fiber Petition to Provide Dark Fiber Service." May 5, 2010 Bangor Daily News: "Delegation urges more broadband coverage; Rural business owners seek access to fast Internet." April 15, 2010 Portland Press Herald: Editorial: "Our View: Recent moves bode well for broadband access." April 9, 2010 Capital Weekly: "Three Ring Binder broadband steps toward unserved areas." April 8, 2010 MPBN: "Bill Paves Way for Maine Broadband Project." Bangor Daily News: "Bill Pushes 'Three-Ring Binder' Network Forward." April 7, 2010 Press Release: "MAINE FIBER COMPANY'S THREE-RING BINDER RURAL BROADBAND PROJECT MOVES FORWARD WITH SUPPORT FROM MAINE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE." Click here to read the press release, or here to download a PDF copy. March 17, 2010 "State of the State" TV program: The Maine Center for Economic Policy devoted a full program called "Wiring Maine for Success" about moving forward with Maine Fiber Company's Three Ring Binder project -- and how it would help the state's economy. Visit the program's site at the link above to download an audio copy of the program, or to find the local broadcast schedule on Time Warner Cable. Machias Valley News: "Maine Fiber Touts Plan for Expanding Open Access Rural Broadband Network" Broadbandreports.com: "Fairpoint Still Fighting Rural Maine Broadband Expansion" Lightreading.com: "Maine Fiber Network Comes Under Fire" The Quoddy Tides: "The Three Ring Binder project to bring expanded broadband access for service providers to Downeast Maine may be threatened if meetings between the Maine Fiber Company and Fairpoint are unsuccessful." March 16, 2010 Portland Press Herald: "Portland vies to be Google's 'fiber city'" March 15, 2010 NPR: "Will The National Broadband Plan Come Up Short?" Read the article here, or listen to the broadcast here. March 12, 2010 New York Times: "The Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan that will reimagine the nation's media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country's dominant communication network." March 4, 2010 Bangor Daily News: "Access and capacity. That's the essence of the protracted battle between FairPoint Communications and Maine Fiber Co. over the Three Ring Binder project that would bring broadband infrastructure to 1,100 miles of rural Maine, according to Maine Fiber's CEO." Wired.com: The Wired Interview: FCC Chair Julius Genachowski on Broadband, Google and His iPhone March 1, 2010 NPR: National Public Radio's Morning Edition program examines the issue of expanding access to high-speed Internet nationally -- and how some telecommunications companies are are fighting federal stimulus funding, like the $25.4 million won by Maine's Three Ring Binder project, because they do not want to provide open access to fiber. Click here to listen to the segment (4:52), or here to read the transcript. February 25, 2010 Press Release: "MAINE FIBER COMPANY'S 'THREE RING BINDER' RURAL BROADBAND PROJECT EARNS BROAD SUPPORT AT STATE LEGISLATIVE HEARING." Click here to read the release, or here to download a PDF. February 18, 2010 Comms-express.com: "Fibre optic cables to improve broadband availability in Maine" February 17, 2010 Press Release: "MAINE FIBER COMPANY INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA & HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 'THREE RING BINDER.'" Click here to download a PDF of the release. February 14, 2010 Maine Sunday Telegram: "High-speed Internet grant good public policy - Federally funded fiber lines create fair competition for small service providers." February 10, 2010 MPBN: "New Company Formed to Develop High-Speed Fiber Optic Network." Kennebec Journal: "Company formed to install fiber network." Portland Press Herald: "Maine Fiber to install cable in rural broadband project" MaineBiz: "New company to lead broadband project." Associated Press: "Maine company to lay 1,100 miles of optic cable." February 9, 2010 Press Release: "NEW MAINE COMPANY FORMED TO BUILD STATE AND FEDERALLY APROVED, HIGH CAPACITY, OPEN ACCESS RURAL BROADBAND NETWORK." Click here to read the release, or here to download a PDF.

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