We thought we'd take a moment to give everyone an update about the Skanee Fiber Project.
The contractor has wrapped up construction for the season. Unfortunately, they weren't able to get a fiber drop installed to everyone who currently has service in Skanee this year. They will be...
up.net News/Alerts
September 17, 2020
We have just about completed this year's project in the Liminga / Stanton area. We have a few customers that still need to be hooked up, but expect that to happen this fall. We're hoping to continue our expansion in this area next year. Please check back for more updates.
September 17, 2020
up.net crews are currently working to install fiber optic cable and connect customers in the Pelkie area. We expect this to be a multi-year project and are currently working to connect customers in the Papin and Horoscope road areas.
We're also excited to announce that the contractor...
September 17, 2020
Work contiues to progress in Skanee. The contractor has been in town for about a month now and has made great progress. Employees from our office are starting to contact current customers to schedule a brief visit to your home in prepration for the drops being installed.
The...
April 23, 2020
We applied for funding for the Keweenaw area last year under the USDA ReConnect grant. Unfortunately, we did not receive the grant. The USDA had allocated 600 million dollars for grants, and received requests totaling 1.4 billion. The USDA strongly encouraged us to reapply for the next round of...
April 17, 2020
UP.net is committed to continuing to provide fast and reliable internet service. we have plans to expand our Fiber offerings within the next 8 years to include:
Aura
Zeba
Herman
Alberta
Pelkie
Tapiola
Alston
Nisula
Keweenaw Bay
April 17, 2020
We've added several new neighborhoods in L'Anse. You can see the coverage area here. We have plans to further expand this summer!
April 17, 2020
The work in Liminga and Stanton will be on Canal Drive from the Houghton RV park to Liminga road and then down Liminga road as far as the E.B. Holman School.
At this time we will only be offering service to residences directly on the route. We will be putting out door tags (or on your mailbox)...
April 17, 2020
A contractor will be arriving this summer to install fiber to every location in the Skanee area that currently has our phone and/or internet service. We anticipate the contractor will be finished this year, not necessarily by deer season. A lot depends on when they get here this summer and...
April 17, 2020
If you currently have telephone and/or Internet the contractors will be automatically plowing your drop along with the others on your road.
If you do not have service currently, please contact us ASAP to get on the list for the contractor.
Don't delay in reaching out! Customers calling for...
August 23, 2018
Rackspace is currently experiencing a webmail outage, and is actively working to correct it. They do not have an ETA at this time. E-mail (message delivery, etc.) is still fully functional. It is just the web access portion that is down. Customers may continue to check /...
May 15, 2018
We’ve always got our customers on our mind, which means we’re always looking for ways to expand our internet service offerings – getting you fast, reliable internet. We’ve partnered with Northern Michigan University to bring you up.net LTE services with 20x5 speeds in and around Houghton and...
May 8, 2018
Free, Fast Fiber Upgrade – in your area?
We are investing in equipment upgrades on parts of Michigan Ave in Baraga now! You benefit from faster internet – for free! With our planned equipment update, we are upgrading everyone in the designated area with fast fiber internet. With download...
September 16, 2017
RackSpace was having issues with slow response times and failed e-mail logins this morning. They report that the problems have been corrected as of 9:15. up.net staff will continue to monitor the issue to make sure that it is resolved.
July 28, 2017
We would like to thank all of our loyal customers for their patience this week during the phone outages we were experiencing. Our telephone service is now fully functional and our BTC technicians will continue to monitor the system closely for any issues. Thank you again for your understanding.
July 26, 2017
As you may be aware, we've had phone issues both yesterday evening and again today. The problem is not with Baraga Telephone, it's on several AT&T circuits which is making it difficult for us to make calls into and out of the area. We've contacted AT&T and they're currently...
May 4, 2017
I'm sure by now you've heard about the Google Docs phishing scam that spread like wildfire yesterday. If you happen to get an email from someone asking you to open a Google Doc they want to share with you, make sure it's legitimate before opening it. If you do happen to open it, it...
January 27, 2017
The email below is NOT from up.net or Baraga Telephone. If you have received this email, simply delete it. If you received the email and clicked on the link, you should run a scan on your computer as well as changing your email password. Our tech support is here Monday- Friday 8am...