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Construction Updates
Construction Update – November
The gales of November Phew – what a whirlwind time we have had so far! Mother nature isn’t exactly playing nice, but we are doing our best to make it work. In early 2018, we had no fiber on our poles, now we have over 818 miles of mainline fiber! We have also...
Construction Update – September
Good News! Construction in our Phase 1 area is nearly complete, so some of our crews are beginning construction in our Phase 2 area! So...what does that really mean for everyone in our Petoskey service area? Find out which step your area is in using our flow chart!...
It’s a dirty job…
...but someone's gotta do it. We’re building a life-changing fiber network from the ground up as quickly as possible. When we are working in your area, there will be trucks and equipment. That’s a good thing – it means you are one step closer to having access to...
May-June Update
WOW! Thanks to you, we have reached over 14,000 registrations on www.jointruestream.com! For those of you in the Phase 1 part of the Petoskey service area buckle up, it’s going to be a fun summer! In-home installations in the Hayes and Petoskey East areas on track to...
Boyne Service Area Announcement
Great Lakes Energy(GLE) is exploring the possibility of expanding Truestream fiber internet and voice service to the Boyne service area! This includes rural parts of Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, and Otsego counties served by GLE with electricity. GLE members...
Construction Update-March 2019
Happy Spring! Are you gazing out the window in hopes that spring will appear? We know we are! It's time to think spring and that means Truestream Construction begins next month as soon as mother natures cooperates. We welcomed 53 new Truestreamsers last month and we...
Construction Update-January 2019
Happy New Year! As we wave goodbye to 2018, we look back with pride and joy at what we have accomplished with Truestream so far! We are just as excited as you, our Great Lakes Energy members, to bring high-speed fiber internet to rural Michigan. As we look forward to...
Construction Update – October 2018
Huge Milestone Achieved This Week: Our First Internet Installation Truestream made history yesterday. We just installed our very first internet subscriber and the family of five couldn't be happier. (Rumor is they may be catching up on family movie nights starting...
Construction Update – September 2018
We’re seeing some serious progress!As of last week, we've hung more than 91 miles of fiber and 222 ports, which will be used to connect the main fiber line to individual homes. We are so proud of the hard work our crews and teams have put in the past few...
Construction Update – August 2018
We’re ‘diggin’ this fiberTruestream contract crews have started off with a brisk construction pace this summer. They have built more than 50 miles of fiber already. The fast pace will continue until Jack Frost has his way and the ground is too frozen to continue....
Truestream News
High-Speed Fiber Internet Has Arrived!
Introducing Truestream, Great Lakes Energy's fiber network. We're building the unbeatable service you need from a name you can trust - your electric cooperative. You asked for it and now Great Lakes Energy is bringing our members the life-changing internet service...