(Grand Rapids, MN) (July 1, 2025) – Paul Bunyan Communications continues to make progress on its broadband expansion across parts of Itasca and St. Louis Counties.

Status of Paul Bunyan Communications Broadband Expansion projects:

• Itasca County:

City of Coleraine- Construction is in progress with 25% completed

City of Bovey- Construction will start once completed in Coleraine

Bearville(s) Township- Waiting on easements. Construction hopefully can still take place this year

• St. Louis County:

Sandy (except east side) & Wouri Township- Construction is done, fiber splicing has started. Services should become available by September

Sandy (east side) and Pike Townships- Construction in progress with 35% completed

Alango & Owens Township- Construction in progress with 80% completed. Services should become available by September.

Angora Township- Construction will begin once it is completed in Alango and Owens Township

Balkan Township- Construction expected to start in September

French Township- Construction expected to start in September

Great Scott Township & unorganized township north of Great Scott- Construction expected to start in September

Once the network is operational in a project area, customers who signed up for service will be contacted to schedule service installations.

Sign Up Now to Ensure Fiber Optic Connection

Residents and businesses in these expansion areas are encouraged to sign up for service now, before construction crews move on to ensure the fiber optic connection is brought up to the location. That can be done online at www.gigazone.com, by phone, or in person at our Grand Rapids Customer Service & Technology Center.

Services Available Upon Completion

Once the network is live, customers will have access to Paul Bunyan’s GigaZone® services, including high-speed fiber-optic Internet with speeds up to 10 Gig and dependable, low-cost unlimited local and long-distance GigaZone® voice services.