Our History

Our History

Sunrise Communications is proud to provide small communities in Northern Michigan with local, reliable broadband communication services.


We offer High-Speed Internet, Cable TV, and VoIP digital phone services.

High Speed Solutions

In 2007 Sunrise purchased and upgraded the defunct cable systems that previously served Onaway, Hillman, Mullett Lake and Atlanta, Michigan. We added broadband internet services to the existing television service.


Sunrise also purchased the Posen cable system in 2007, then in 2010 added VoIP digital phone to our services, and in 2012 added the Wolverine cable system to our communities served.


Sunrise is committed to maintaining and improving our services. True to that commitment, Sunrise invested in the cable plants and equipment in 2013 and added fiber backhaul and consolidated our headend facilities in Onaway. This upgrade improved our reliability and enabled us to increase our internet speeds.


Then in 2018, Sunrise reconstructed our cable plant to include fiber lines. Once again, we improved our reliability, increased our internet speeds and added to our television channels.


Always looking forward, Sunrise has completed the design of  our next plant upgrade.  During 2022 Sunrise and its contractors will update all our cable equipment and add more fiber.  This will enable us to provide enhanced TV services and higher internet speeds (100 Mbps-1Gbps).Construction is now in progress and all upgrades are expected to be completed by the end of 2022.

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