Progress Continues As MLConnect Makes Repairs

(11:00 a.m. February 9, 2026 – Centerville, TN)- Broadband restoration efforts continued steadily over the weekend as MLConnect and mutual aid crews worked across Hickman, Lewis, and Perry counties following Winter Storm Fern. As of this morning, 372 members remain without broadband service due to storm-related damage.

Hickman County: 79
Lewis County: 158
Perry County: 135

MLConnect and mutual aid fiber crews are actively working across all three counties today, addressing mainline fiber damage, splicing locations, and individual service drops.

Mainline Fiber Work Today

• Hickman County: Falls Branch Road, Old Mill Creek Road
• Lewis County: Highway 48 South, Woodland Road, Lawson Road, Richard Gibson Road

Splicing Crews

• Hickman County: Wolf Creek Road, Briar Pond Road, Highway 100 West, Lower Shipps Bend, Dodd Hollow Road
• Perry County: Tom’s Creek Lake Road, Redbank, Flatwoods

Drop Crews

• Hickman County: Dog Creek Road, Greer Road, South Tatum Creek Road, and additional locations
• Lewis County: Long Branch Road, Rush Branch Road, Reserve High Forest, Arnold Cemetery Road

If your electric service has been restored but broadband is still out, please unplug your router, wait a few minutes, and plug it back in. Do not disconnect any cables or wires, but ensure all connections are firmly seated. If service does not return, please report the outage by calling your local office or submitting an online service ticket so crews can investigate further.

MLConnect and approximately 20 mutual aid fiber workers remain committed to working daily until every member impacted by Winter Storm Fern is fully reconnected. We appreciate our members’ patience and support as crews continue this final stretch of broadband restoration.