LCI’s fiber optic network, known as O.P.E.N., is now available to many homes and business in the following Midcoast communities: Belfast, Camden, Rockport, Rockland, Waldoboro, Damariscotta, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, Nobleboro, Newcastle, Alna, South Bristol, Bristol, New Harbor, and Bremen.
The specific street locations where the LCI O.P.E.N. fiber network is available in Lincoln County is as follows:
Alna: Egypt Road, Head Tide Road, Hollywood Blvd., Dock Road, Ridge Road, S. Clary Road, and Bunker Hill Road
Bremen: Fogler Road, Waldoboro Road (Route 32 to Heath Road), Heath Road, Medomak Road, Muskrat Pond Road, Town Landing Road, Creek Road, Collamore Road, Keene Neck Road, and Keene Narrows Road
Bristol: Bristol Road/Route 129, Quail Run Road, Old County Road, and Bradley Hill Road
Damariscotta: Branch Street, Belvedere Road, Main Street, Elm Street, Church Street, Vine Street, Water Street, High Street, Lewis Point Road, and Biscay Road
Edgecomb: River Road and McKay Road
Newcastle: Main Street, Glidden Street, Academy Hill Road, and Pleasant Street
New Harbor: Route 32 from New Harbor to Browns Cove Road, Browns Cove Road, Browns Head Road, Foster Road, Royal Farm Road, and Pemaquid Harbor Road
Nobleboro: East Pond Road, Winslow Hill Road, Duck Puddle Road, Bremen Road, Genthner Road, Upper East Pond Road, and Jared Road
South Bristol: Fire Road 21, Fire Road 22, S Road, Route 129 from Fire Road 21 to Middle Road, and Hunters Landing Road
Waldoboro: Route 1 business district, Jefferson Street, Main Street from Route 220 to Moody’s Diner, Friendship Street to ALLPLaY Family Entertainment Center, Philbrook Lane, School Street, Kalers Corner Street, Old Augusta Road, Jackson Road, Clary Hill Lane, Flanders Corner Road, and Nash Road
Wiscasset: Build-out in progress
LCI can now provide super high-speed connection to the internet over a fiber-optic network directly to individual homes and businesses in many areas of the above-listed towns. In addition to blazing fast internet connections, LCI can also provide customers with a full range of home and business telephone options and more than 200 channels of TV programming.
“Over the past several years we have invested heavily in these Midcoast communities to be able to launch one of the most robust fiber-optic networks in Maine,” said Shirley Manning, president of LCI. “We know that these communities have been anxiously waiting for this fiber network expansion and we are extremely proud to be able to start meeting that demand now.”
The LCI O.P.E.N. fiber network will also be a major boost for the economic development in these Midcoast towns. “Whenever we meet with town officials in the Midcoast they all say that accessible, reliable, high-speed broadband is essential for the ongoing economic vitality of their communities,” said Rick Manning, vice president of engineering and business development for LCI. We know that fiber optic internet is the best long-term solution for these communities – and we’re excited to be partnering with them to make that future a reality.”
“The capacity of our fiber optic technology is virtually unlimited,” said Randal Manning, vice president of operations and business development at LCI. In addition to symmetrical upload and download speeds, almost no signal loss or latency, and incredible video-streaming capability, the LCI O.P.E.N. fiber network also offers “direct peering” connections with more than 80 data and video providers – including Netflix, Google, and Apple. “Our fiber can handle all the internet, video, voice, and data for Midcoast homes and businesses – and still have plenty of capacity left for full home automation, telemedicine, telecommuting, and all of the life-changing applications that are just now being created,” said Manning.
LCI is a proud to be a family-owned Maine business and is a recipient of the Governor’s Award for Business Excellence. Now with more than 50 employees, LCI operates out of a state-of-the-art facility in Nobleboro.
