- Dates
- 1991-09-16 – 1991-10-30
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationinfrastructuretechnologyeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Island Telephone Company began a three-phase Beaver Island communications upgrade in September 1991, starting with buried fiber and copper cable and planning digital switching and microwave conversion.
Evidence limits
This is a project announcement, not a completed construction, engineering, or service-activation record.
Sources
- Reports a $907,000 first phase beginning September 16: 68 route miles of buried fiber and copper cable, 31 miles of service drops, removal of aerial lines, and planned digital switching, single-party service, and digital microwave phases; announces an October 30 public meeting. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1991-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page issue scan confirms the construction notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Island Telephone begins Beaver Island fiber and switching upgrade, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-upgrade-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1991, “ISLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY ANNOUNCES CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PLANS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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