Southeastern Vermont is acquiring faster broadband service
Southeastern Vermont is acquiring faster broadband service, said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in a news release Wednesday (http://1.usa.gov/13mEMie). His office named 14 towns that are receiving “state-of-the-art Internet access at speeds 100 times faster than average,” which he said “offers…
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the chance to dramatically change how we think about education, health care and business.” His office praised the work of Vermont Telephone Co., or VTel, in bringing $35-a-month gigabit speeds to Springfield and the other 13 towns. “About 1,500 homes and business [sic] in the Springfield area already have the new fiber-optic connection, a number which VTel expects to double by the end of December,” his office said. “By the end of 2013, VTel says the framework of the fiber work, which includes running the fiber through 14 towns and into neighborhoods, will be complete.” Priorities now include attracting businesses and “good-paying jobs,” Sanders added. He called the deployments “a result of a federal, state and local government partnership with private business.”