09/17/2026
📍 PROJECT UPDATE — SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO
We’ve been a little quieter on here lately, but that’s because SpliceWorks has been BUSY in Ohio!
A few months ago, we added a dedicated splice truck to the SpliceWorks lineup, and it definitely didn’t take long to put it to work. We’ve been spending our days (and plenty of long ones!) throughout Summit County working on a large fiber ring project—and this one is pretty special to us.
SpliceWorks was chosen to complete the entire fiber-splicing portion of this project—and it’s just the two of us doing it. When we say it’s a big project, we mean it: the ring consists of approximately 181 miles of fiber running throughout Summit County.
For a small, family-owned company from Hermon, Maine, being trusted to handle the splicing for an entire 181-mile fiber project is something we’re incredibly proud of. It means a lot to know that the quality of our work and the experience behind it are trusted enough to put a project of this size in our hands.
So, what exactly are we building out here?
The fiber ring we’re working on is being built to provide connectivity and communication between county and municipal facilities throughout Summit County—including police/911 communications, fire departments, government buildings, town facilities, and other public safety and municipal locations.
Our job is everything on the fiber-splicing side. We’re working through a 288-count fiber backbone, building and completing splice locations around the ring, routing designated fibers to individual facilities, organizing fiber assignments, completing the necessary documentation, and testing our work to make sure those connections are clean and ready to perform.
So what exactly is a fiber “ring”?
Rather than connecting everything along one straight path, the network travels through multiple locations and ultimately forms a loop. This type of infrastructure helps create a reliable communications network connecting the facilities it serves.
It’s pretty incredible to think that most people driving past us while we’re working will never see what’s inside those cables or know what all of those tiny strands of glass are eventually connecting. Once the work is complete, though, the infrastructure we’re helping build will quietly be doing an important job—helping keep essential facilities throughout Summit County connected and communicating.
And somewhere along the way, we occasionally look at each other and realize… it’s really just the two of us out here doing this. 😂
Two people. One splice truck. 181 miles of fiber. Some very long days—and a project we’re going to be pretty proud to look back on.
For a small business that started back home in Hermon, Maine, it’s rewarding to look at how far SpliceWorks has come. We’ve added equipment, traveled wherever the work takes us, spent a LOT of time away from home, learned plenty along the way, and continued building this business one project—and apparently a few thousand fiber splices—at a time.
We’re proud of the work we put our name on, grateful for the trust placed in the two of us to take this one on, and incredibly thankful for the opportunities that continue to take our little Maine company to new places.
Maine is home, and we’re definitely missing home and those we have waiting for us there. Ohio is the jobsite, and one that will be wrapping up soon. This has been a great adventure for us to take together! 181 miles of fiber—and the new splice truck is definitely earning its keep. 💪🏻
