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Don Flewelling

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Tim McAfee

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PIONEER BROADBAND APPLIES TO CONNECT MAINE AUTHORITY TO EXPAND DSL BROADBAND COVERAGE

New DSL expansion will allow more rural high speed access to the web.

HOULTON, ME. (February 25, 2010) – Rural broadband expansion projects will allow more residential customers to obtain high speed access to the Internet. Pioneer Broadband has applied to the Connect Maine Authority for a grant to build service into 17 rural areas surrounding Houlton. The grant will cover up to 50% of the capital construction costs. Without the grant, the projects would not be feasible due to the size of the areas served and the low potential number of customers in these rural areas. If approved the project is slated for construction during the summer of 2010.

· Expanded service: Residents in the towns of Amity, Cary, Hammond, Hodgdon, Linneus, Littleton, Ludlow, New Limerick, Orient and Weston will be able to get high speed Internet access via a DSL connection on the existing telephone lines.

· New Fiber Optic Lines: Each area will be served via new fiber optic lines to provide the amount of bandwidth needed to support customer demand.

Also, during the 4^th quarter of 2009, Pioneer Broadband invested private funds to expand rural coverage in the Nickerson Lake area, portions of E. Grand Lake, Oakfield and Smyrna.

· Expanded service: Residents in the Nickerson Lake area of New Limerick can now get high speed wireless Internet access from a new tower site. This tower serves the Nickerson Lake area with non-line of sight wireless broadband service.

· New Tower site: A new broadcast point was installed on a tower at the north end of East Grand Lake. The East Grand Lake broadcast point will serve the upper portion of the lake with non-line of sight wireless broadband service.

· New cable modem service: High speed Internet has been established in Oakfield and Smyrna on the Polaris Cable system.

Broadband delivery to rural Maine continues to be a core business strategy for Pioneer Broadband, serving rural Maine since its inception in 2001.

About Pioneer Broadband

Pioneer Broadband is an industry leading provider of communications services to communities across Northern and Eastern Maine. Today, Pioneer owns and operates facilities in 50 locations and delivers residential and business connectivity solutions.

Pioneer offers innovative and affordable telecommunications options, including fixed-wireless, DSL, cable and fiber connectivity solutions, all with local technical support and service staff.

Pioneer's Datacenter in Presque Isle provides a secure co-location facility for web servers, data storage and disaster recovery purposes.

Pioneer is the only Internet Service Provider in Maine to have international connectivity to the Canadian Internet backbone, thus offering diversity and redundancy that is unique among Maine’s providers.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Houlton, Maine, Pioneer Broadband is a privately owned, local Maine company. Learn more at www.pioneerbroadband.net.

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Refer A Friend

Don't keep your high-speed provider a secret. Share the fact that you have Pioneer Broadband as a provider. We will give you a one month credit on your account if you refer a friend to our service. The friend you send has to have a satisfactory site survey and sign a standard subscription contract in order for you to receive your referral credit.

You can send as many friends as you like per month and receive the one-time referral credit for each as long as each friend's service location and contract stipulations are met.

So, talk it up, show a friend your Internet connection, and surf on someone else's dime.

High Speed Wireless Internet Service to be available at Nickerson Lake November 30, 2009 - Pioneer has started on a project to construct one new tower site to serve a majority of Nickerson Lake. This build should be completed by the second week in December. Check back or call for more information.

Wireless Service to be available at East Grand Lake August 11, 2009 - Pioneer has started on a project to build two new tower sites to serve a majority of the East Grand Lake camp lots. This build should be completed by the end of the summer. Check back or call for more information.

Cable Modem Internet Available in Oakfield July 16, 2009 - Cable Modem Access Now Available in Oakfield - Oakfield cable customers can now receive high speed Internet access through Pioneer Cable.

DSL Available in Linneus - Announcing DSL service now available in parts of Linneus. Click here to view the map to see if our DSL service can be installed at your house or business.

New Local Launch Page - If you used the old MFX page as your home page we have created a new site with that same content at http://www.e95north.com. You can set that to your home page if you enjoyed the links on the old MFX site.

WebMail - If you are looking for your WebMail you can click the links below.

MFX users	http://mail.mfx.net
Pioneer Wireless users	http://mail.pioneerwireless.net
Pioneer Cable users	http://mail.pioneercable.net
CCP users	http://mail.ccpwireless.com
WWSISP users	http://mail.wwsisp.com

International Redundancy - Pioneer Broadband now offers redundant connectivity through our partner in New Brunswick. This exciting northbound IP data connection is a must-have for business critical data flow. Banks, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies can't afford not to consider how their data enters and leaves the state of Maine.
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Locally owned and operated - Pioneer Broadband is a locally owned and operated Internet Service Provider. Rural broadband is our focus. Over the last few years we have developed partnerships that allow us to deploy broadband services over wired and wireless connections. We do business with local contractors to keep as much business in Maine as possible. High speed Internet is a cornerstone in any economic development plan.
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