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Ashton Bajeun, Wyatt Solls and Macaulay Bernier have been hanging cable in hard-to-get-to places all winter and spring. Mountains and bogs and deep woods.
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The Vermont Community Broadband Board wants to make sure that towns are protected as they partner with for-profit companies in building out a high-speed fiber network.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a map on broadband coverage and is using that map to determine which states share in $42 billion of aid. Vermont officials say the map has errors, but the push to update the map has not been very successful so far.
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Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks to the Vermont Community Broadband Board's deputy director about how to challenge the FCC's national broadband map.
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A group in Vermont pre-purchased 2,000 miles of fiber optic cable, which is starting to arrive in the state. But workforce shortages and equipment delays still threaten to slow down deployment.
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Twenty internet providers, including national companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, have committed to the program.
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Over the past three years, more Vermonters have hooked up with high-speed broadband service. But the latest VPR-Vermont PBS poll shows that more people today are not happy with the service they have.
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The infrastructure bill Congress passed earlier in November — and that President Biden signed into law this week — has about $100 million to help Vermont build out its broadband network. That’s on top of another huge pot of money from the earlier federal COVID relief aid also directed toward broadband.
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The over 2,700-page bipartisan bill, finalized Sunday night, includes money for roads, transit systems and high-speed internet access. It's the first phase of President Biden's infrastructure plan.
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The $3.2 billion temporary pandemic program will last for up to six months after the pandemic is over or until the funds run out.