Mainstream Fiber Networks had the fortunate opportunity to be featured in a BroadbandNow article, 9 Community Fiber Internet Success Stories, detailing the accomplishments of local fiber internet brands and their social and economic impacts on communities. Having the chance to spread the word about our impact on communities on a highly-regarded website like broadbandnow.com goes to show that Mainstream is continuing to move in the right direction! What really matters is that communities continue to be educated on fiber broadband, its technological benefits, and how it can enhance the value of homes, businesses, schools, medical centers, local government buildings, and …
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If the rain didn't keep you inside, you may have seen our booth during the past week at the Harrison County Agricultural Fair. We were lucky enough to have a booth inside where it was dry, and we were also fortunate enough to have dry sunny days for the later part of the week. The team at Mainstream Fiber Networks loves going out to these events and meeting all the people in the areas we serve, as well as meeting some people from neighboring areas we hope to expand to. As always we appreciated meeting everyone who stopped by to …
Yesterday was the start of the Harrison County Agricultural Fair, the oldest continuous fair in Indiana. Just like last year, we will be there at our booth enjoying the fair atmosphere and sharing information about fiber optic internet. Last year's fair was a joy to attend and we look forward to seeing all of you again or meeting you for the first time! If you're there, make sure to visit our booth to learn about Mainstream and our process, meet the team, and enter to win a cooler full of s'more making goodies and some lawn chairs! We'll be there …
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If the rain didn't keep you inside, you may have seen our booth over the weekend at the Floyd County 4-H Fair. We were there, rain or shine (and fortunately it was mostly shine), all weekend, and had a blast! We especially enjoyed meeting everyone from around the community and learning more about Floyd County. We also had a drawing of a cooler full of summer fun goodies, and we're happy to announce that we have drawn a winner: Jessica Henderson! Congratulations Jessica! Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make the event such a success. We hope …
Here at Mainstream, we provide valuable fast, reliable, and affordable fiber optic internet. The best part? We’re local and we value our customers. When you contact one of our employees you will be speaking to someone from the local community with your best interest in mind. It has come to our attention that certain individuals who are not associated with Mainstream may be falsely claiming that they not only work with us, but offer services or prices that are inaccurate. In order to clear up any confusion caused by this, here is a list of ways to know that you …
Beginning on Wednesday, July 25th next week, and concluding on August 1st, Mainstream Fiber is organizing a scavenger hunt in Harrison County called "Follow the Fiber". What is "Follow the Fiber?" Well, you may have noticed our trucks and workers all along Harrison County, building a fiber optic infrastructure, this has all been to finish the Harrison County Loop, a massive project where we built over 115 miles of fiber optic infrastructure all around Harrison County, and the loop itself is getting close to being finished. In order to celebrate, we've decided to put on this event. As stated above, …
Although Mainstream Fiber's fiber optic internet cable can transfer data at a phenomenal rate (at speeds nearing the speed of light), sometimes the wireless network it arrives on can slow it down significantly. Here, I'll try to explain why this might be happening, as well as give you potential solutions on how to fix it and make sure that your speed is exactly as fast as you need it. Wired vs Wireless The simplest way to avoid internet slowdown is to not use a wireless network, but to instead run an Ethernet cable from your router to your device. Ethernet cables …
You may be shocked to hear this, but fiber optics have existed since the late 1800s, of course they were nowhere near as sophisticated as their modern form. It stared with extremely humble roots, being nothing more than bent glass tubes which were used to illuminate difficult to see areas during medical procedures. However, in 1880 Alexander Graham Bell, perhaps best known as the inventor of the telephone, created something called the Photophone. This invention allowed for the transfer of sound on a beam of light; although Bell considered this to be his greatest invention, the practical uses weren't discovered until many decades …
What does "fiber optic" mean? Fiber optic cables are a bundle of thin glass threads, also known as the fibers, which can quickly and easily transport light waves. Messages and information can be modulated onto these light waves, which allows fiber optic cables the ability to transmit data, this is essentially how fiber optic internet works. Now, you may be wondering, what advantage does this have over the traditional copper cables found in power lines? Well, fiber optics have a slew of advantages over these traditional metal lines. Advantages of fiber optic internet First and perhaps most noticeably, fiber optic …
The benefits of a complete fiber connection Fiber internet runs about five times faster than other internet sources and provides a variety of benefits to users. But did you know that not all fiber connections are 100% fiber cables? Fiber can be installed in a variety of ways including fiber to the neighborhood, fiber to the curb, and fiber to your home. Fiber to the neighborhood Companies will install fiber cable up to the beginning of the neighborhood. From there, they connect the homes to the main fiber line using copper cables. Fiber to the curb This is similar to …