Michigan Broadband to take over AT&T lines

Carney (MI)-based UP Fiber said it will acquire AT&T’s wireline assets in the Upper Peninsula. The move means Michigan Broadband Services will provide sales, marketing, billing and technical support to AT&T customers after the close of the transaction. The AT&T wireline assets represent more than 9,000 miles of copper, 1,500 miles of business fiber, and network infrastructure across 40 wire centers that collectively provide voice and internet service to more than 9,000 residential and business customers, according to a recent news release from the company. Michigan Broadband now has more than 5,000 customers, including in Dickinson County, and is in the early stages of a $100 million capital investment in fiber optic upgrades, according to the company, a subsidiary of MachTen Inc. with offices in Carney and Traverse City.