Community Bulletin
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Is Starlink Right for Rural Communities?
Is Starlink better than fiber? We easily answer that question here!

5th Annual Clay Shoot – A Huge Success!
OUR SECOND ANNUAL CLAY SHOOTThis year was the 5th annual Greenview Charity Clay Shoot. For Northern Lights Fiber it was our second year in a row attending, and what a time it was! With 36 Corporate sponsors, 108 shooters and 5 food banks to support, the energy was high. This fantastic group of people and the companies and organizations they represented made such a huge impact in the community and for those in need. This year, the charity clay shoot raised over $46 thousand dollars for the food...

Best Things to Do After Getting Fiber Internet
You've Made the Change To Fiber Internet So you've made the right choice, switched to Northern Lights Fiber's high-speed fiber internet, and already experiencing faster downloads and improved reliability while you're online. You may be wondering about some of the best ways to enjoy your new fiber internet connection. Well, there are several things you can do to make the most of Northern Lights Fiber's fiber service and improve life in your home. Faster, more reliable internet opens doors to...

Fiber Increases Valleyview Homes’ Value
Post Covid Landscape In the wake of COVID-19, more people than ever before want to work, learn, and access telehealth applications from home. Modern rural lifestyles require modern internet powered by a fiber network—and homebuyers know it. In fact, a 2015 study showed that fiber-delivered internet access could increase a home’s value by up to 3.1%. And that was before a pandemic increased the demand for fast, reliable home internet. What’s the Data Saying? A 2015 study, conducted by our...

A Thank You To Our New Community Manager
Our Community Ambassadors Just over a year ago, we began a program to introduce a more local presence to our communities by hiring local ambassadors who could represent the company. These ambassadors needed to be a friendly face around town, going door to door and acting as our boots on the ground. Most of all, they needed to have a passion for helping customers solve their problems and serving their community. This effort was a direct result of our desire to ensure that our presence in each...

Four Websites Every Work-From-Home Employee Should Check Out
If you work from home, check out these sites to make the most of your remote work…while working from home!

Construction Update: Spring Plans
What to expect: We have been hard at work to ensure everyone knows that we are bringing your community fiber optic internet! More importantly, we are bringing speeds up to 10,000 Mbps. This means that you will have an opportunity to get internet that is 1000x faster than anything seen in town before! To prepare your community for the future, new fiber-optic infrastructure is deeply important. To ensure this massive upgrade lasts decades, we will burry this infrastructure! Unfortunately,...

Why We Use Temporary Drops for Winter Installations
Temporary Drops for Winter Installations We know the wait for fiber internet installation can be tough. After all, you are on the verge of having fast, reliable broadband fiber internet from Northern Lights Fiber, and all the best streaming entertainment the web has to offer. Winter adds to the technical challenges of fiber installation. Frozen grounds, shorter days with less sunlight, excessive moisture from melting snow and heavy rains drenching the soil—all of these issues and more can...

Questions on Your Bill? Find Answers Here!
Getting blazing fast internet is awesome and you’re sure to enjoy every single aspect of it, but there are often questions regarding the billing of services, how it works and where you pay. This article will address and answer the most common questions we receive regarding your billing. How will my first bill look and what are the charges for? On your first bill you will see a charge for your modem and a charge for installation, immediately below each of these...

Better Connected: A 2021 Year-End Review
How The Year Began Beginning our design and planning phase for building fiber infrastructure in Grande Cache represented a huge milestone for our business and a turning point in Grande Cache's efforts to find better connection, both in business and in every day life. Although our industry told us that the project was not possible we were determined to find success where others could not. We began construction on our first official large scale project to completely connect a community to fiber....