Click here for the latest coronavirus news, which the BDN has made free for the public. You can support this mission by purchasing a digital subscription. Spectrum technicians setting up and fixing people’s internet, cable and phone connections are still going into people’s homes for routine matters, even as the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies, said one Spectrum worker in Maine who is concerned about spreading the illness to customers or contracting it himself. Telecommunications workers, who serve institutions such as hospitals and government facilities, are deemed essential by the government.