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CoverageCo selected FairPoint Communications as the lead carrier in...

CoverageCo selected FairPoint Communications as the lead carrier in making cell service available along more than 200 miles of roadway in Orange and Lamoille counties in rural Vermont, said FairPoint in a news release Tuesday (http://yhoo.it/19f7Yst). CoverageCo received a $500,000…

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grant from the Vermont Telecommunications Authority for a 90-mile project and the company expects to extend the project an additional 125 miles through its own investment, said the companies. CoverageCo’s IP-based network architecture relies on small cells placed a mile apart on telephone poles, steeples and other street level structures, said the companies. “CoverageCo chose FairPoint because it has the network, products, people and flexibility to meet the demand for mobile bandwidth and wireless coverage,” said CoverageCo CEO Richard Biby. “FairPoint already offers extensive backhaul coverage for wireless carriers in northern New England, so it was natural for us to utilize their small cell backhaul capabilities to meet our growing need."