Sebastian Carlsen, left, and Richard Mankin, right, splice fiber-optic cable beside Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Friday afternoon. The pair, from On Target Utility Services, is upgrading the Verizon LTE service so cellphone signals are gathered on utility poles and routed to hubs, rather than all signals having to reach large towers. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Sebastian Carlsen left, and Richard Mankin, right, splice fiber-optic cable on the side of Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Friday afternoon. The pair, from On Target Utility Services, is upgrading the Verizon LTE service in which cellphone signals are being gathered on utility poles and routed to hubs rather than all signals having to reach large towers. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)