Pinpoint announces Fiber-to-Premises build for McCook

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Today, Pinpoint unveiled plans to build and execute a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network in McCook, Neb., that will initially encompass approximately 1,000 homes and businesses.

The decision to proceed with this project is a part of Pinpoint’s strategic plan to continue to invest in rural communities and provide them with world-class broadband networks.

Pinpoint, who completed a FTTP build for the Village of Oxford in November 2019, has been a long-time visionary and champion for the expansion of fiber into rural Nebraska focusing on areas that have been overlooked and underserved by incumbent providers. Currently Pinpoint owns and operates an all-fiber network in four Southwest Nebraska communities including Cambridge, Bartley, Gothenburg and Oxford and plans to continue to seek out areas where people desire to have a better service but the response has been largely ignored.

Tom Shoemaker, President of Pinpoint, remarked on the new project, “We have been a part of the McCook community for many years and the time is right for us to introduce a fiber optic service to the community. We believe that this project will help boost the community status and increase its value as it looks to the future for sustaining and recruiting current and new businesses and residents. Pinpoint wants to be both a leader and investor in the growth of the economy and the community overall. McCook provides the venue where we can leverage our expertise in the industry, allowing us to create an environment that is both technologically savvy and economically feasible for the community members. The opportunity for successful growth for all is immense.”

Pinpoint has a long standing history of being a committed, local provider in McCook with a reputation to serve the needs of the people. This project further reinforces the company’s dedication to advancing expansion and developing opportunities by providing an integral world-class fiber network paired with affordable service to meet the ever-growing needs of our consumers.

Construction of the new network is set to begin in mid-March of this year.

The project, which will cover the northeastern quadrant of McCook, including The Reservation and business corridor of Norris Avenue, will be completed in two phases over the course of the year. Once plans are finalized, a progress map showing when neighborhoods will be receiving the new service will be published so that residents and businesses can plan accordingly. Shoemaker added, “This is the best step in the right direction for the future of McCook and we are excited to be leading it.”

About Pinpoint: Pinpoint is a services company operating under the umbrella of Pinpoint Holdings, Inc., a Nebraska company, who owns and operates telecommunications services through its various subsidiaries. Pinpoint is headquartered in Cambridge, NE, with satellite offices in McCook and Gothenburg, NE through which they provide regulated telephone, IPTV, broadband Internet, competitive local exchange, long distance, and fixed wireless services. Pinpoint has deployed and manages an all-fiber network in the communities of Cambridge, Bartley, Gothenburg and recently Oxford, Nebraska, focusing on the expansion of fiber into smaller communities within the State and serving as the voice for rural fiber broadband development and implementation for all to gain the benefits of using high quality, state-of-the-art fiber optic transmission assets. Pinpoint has been in business for nearly 30 years and was started out of Cambridge Telephone, which has been in business for over 100 years.