Vermont will champion its new broadband initiative in a “Targeting Community...
Vermont will champion its new broadband initiative in a “Targeting Community Tour” meeting Thursday night in the town of Pittsfield, according to Broadband VT (http://xrl.us/bnoofp). Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) and the Vermont Telecommunications Authority have announced millions of dollars in…
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new grants committed to bringing last-mile broadband to 544 areas of Vermont. “We have a goal of universal broadband by the end of 2013,” Shumlin said in a statement (http://xrl.us/bnoob7). “The total grant and docket commitments of $9.7 million over the past 90 days will bring Connect VT within striking distance of achieving that goal with our telecommunications providers.” VTA announced $330,200 will go to FairPoint Communications for service in three communities (http://xrl.us/bnoodt) and $1,347,840 will go to VTel Wireless for another 19 (http://xrl.us/bnoodr). The authority will provide about $3.1 million in grants, and FairPoint will add about $6.6 million, the governor said. Vermont hopes to expand broadband to 2,850 locations by the time the initiative ends in December 2013, Shumlin said. “The Target Community Tour is a series of meetings around the state, co-hosted by legislators, community libraries and town administrators, to share information with residents regarding the list of identified unserved and underserved locations, a means to identify any other remaining locations and the status of initiatives that will complete these connections by the end of 2013,” Broadband VT said in announcing the Thursday meeting.