The MAX Bulletin – March 2025

FIBER UPDATES

Learn more about eligibility and timing. 

*Private road residents must grant permission for us to construct your fiber. Please check for letters and door hangers and reach out to Intermax today! 

Hauser area:  

• The bore under the railroad tracks is complete! We’ll be completing our connection work within the BNSF right-of-way in the middle of March, which means we can start lighting up previously inaccessible areas to the west. 

• Hoyt Ranch will be ready for service in early April, assuming everything goes right with the railroad scheduling. 

• Chase Rd, Winch area, and Spiral Ridge will start construction as weather allows.  

• Private road access is blocking construction along N. Abeja Road, N. Feather Court, and Rustic Ridge Trail. If you want fiber, encourage friends and neighbors to contact us! 

Highway 41 (Athol, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake) area: Many homes along the Highway 41 corridor are now ready for service, but the snow has to melt and roads be in decent condition before we can build the final drops from the street to your home. Come on spring weather! 

Highway 54 area:  

• Around Walking Horse Road we’re actively splicing connections together on Howard Road, Perimeter, and Good Hope. Once the snow melts we’ll start connecting homes. Call today to reserve your fiber! 

• Additional construction permits are issued in the Spotted Horse area, and when the snow clears off the side of the road we’ll start on Lone Moose Trail, N. Walking Horse Lane, Pope Road, and Corbin Hills Estates. 

• Private road access is blocking construction along Quarter Mile Road, N. Linzy Lane, E Morning Glory, E Snowy Lane, E Honeysuckle Road, E. Arthur, E. Forrest View, N. Caravelle, W. Wesson Ave, W. Smoke Tree Ave, N. Lakeview Boulevard, E. Son Shine Way, N. Cedar Mountain Rd. If you want fiber, encourage friends and neighbors to contact us! 

NEW! Highway 95 area: Watch for Intermax trucks north of Highway 54, especially on Parks Rd. Call today to get started or refer a friend!  

Hayden Canyon area: The fiber cabinet that serves this area is now online, which marks steady progress towards supplying homes in this neighborhood. The next step is fiber to customer homes. Call today to get started or refer a friend!! 

Sandpoint (Selle Valley area): Private road access is blocking construction along Sunny Side Hill, Jeffries Ln, Farkle Flats, Deer Ridge Rd, Rucker Rd, N Oden View Dr, Oden Bay Rd, Eagle Cove, Osprey Roost Rd. If you want fiber, encourage friends and neighbors to contact us! 

Don’t want to wait? Contact us today for a fixed wireless connection in advance of your fiber! 

FIXED WIRELESS UPDATES

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Schweitzer Mountain Failover: Extreme weather on March 13 took down the primary path between the Schweitzer Mountain tower and Schweitzer Village. One customer painted the scene as follows: “I just came down from Schweitzer. Huge winds and snow.  Bus went off the road coming down. Mountain lifts all shut down” As intended, the Intermax network failed over to a backup path and customers stayed up and running!  

Rose Lake, Killarney, and Best Hill Upgrades: The network engineering team upgraded these towers to a new software version to improve stability. 

Hope/Sentz Upgrade: The Intermax network gathers all local area traffic up and sends it to the main Internet over a single high-speed connection called a backhaul. Last month we upgraded the backhaul between Hope and Sentz from 200 Mbps to 1 Gigabit, preventing bottlenecks for existing customers and preparing for more traffic this year. 

Reservoir Backhaul Upgrade: Wintertime weather drove the older existing backhaul equipment to its knees – and customers were feeling it. The team made an emergency upgrade to new gear including a backup channel which will help survive future storms.  

Canfield: Over the last few months we’ve been running fiber up to the top of Canfield Butte, making that tower more resistant to electromagnetic radiation interference. This month the tower hardware was upgraded to take advantage of this new connection, improving the performance and quality of service for hundreds of customers in the surrounding service area.