
64,000 Vermont homes do not have access to a reliable wireline connection. The state aims to connect them to fiber-optic cable by 2026.
64,000 Vermont homes do not have access to a reliable wireline connection. The state aims to connect them to fiber-optic cable by 2026.
Inflation and supply-chain problems are lengthening project timelines and hiking potential costs.
The money, distributed by the Vermont Community Broadband Board to communications union districts and internet service providers, could subsidize broadband construction as soon as this spring.
The purchase comes after Congress approved major aid to expand broadband and states scramble to buy the raw materials necessary.
Users say they are still missing emails from the blackout, and the company has yet to give a full explanation.
Vermonters could see whether the fledgling districts are the answer to a problem that’s spanned gubernatorial administrations
Connecting Vermont’s most rural homes to high-speed internet has been a challenge for decades. Christine Hallquist, the incoming executive director of the state’s new community broadband board, hopes to finish the job within seven years.
Hallquist, the Democratic nominee for governor in 2018, will lead efforts to expand internet access in Vermont, using $150 million from the federal American Rescue Act Plan.
One problem with private telecommunications companies is that the goal of making a profit goes against the goal of providing service to every last address.
The company founded by Elon Musk declined to testify at a legislative hearing on the internet service last week. Some lawmakers expressed “less than zero” interest in working with Starlink. There’s currently a waiting list for the service.
Hallquist, former Vermont Electric Co-op CEO and gubernatorial candidate, brings infrastructure build-out experience to the Northeast Kingdom CUD’s operation.
Taylor Small, Ember Quinn and Jamie Dufour are hoping to be the first openly transgender person to hold a Vermont legislative seat.
H. Brooke Paige, who is running for secretary of state, mocked the former gubernatorial candidate for being transgender in a series of Facebook comments.
A study was ordered by the Legislature to find a way to help 80,000 underserved Vermonters.