VPR News
VPR News
Fiber Optic Group Criticizes Award For Wireless Technology
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A group that wants to bring a fiber optic network to east-central Vermont says the government’s choice of a plan that employs wireless technology is a poor choice.VPR News
Broadband Grants Bring Opportunities, Challenges
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VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb gets a kind of primer on the technological opportunities and challenges V-TEL will face, from Chris Campbell of the Vermont Telecommunications Authority.VPR News
Vermont Telephone Wins Grant For Statewide Broadband
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A Vermont company has won $116 million in federal grants and loans to get high-speed computer access to practically every home in the state.VPR News
State Plans To Build Fiber Optic Along Interstate Highways
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A fiber optic cable will eventually follow the length of Vermont’s interstate highways.VPR News
Federal Money Will Help Vermont Expand Broadband
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A big infusion of federal cash is coming to Vermont to help expand the broadband computer network to rural areas. A total of $47 million will go to two Vermont telecommunications companies to build fiber optic networks.VPR News
VT Gets $47 Million For Broadband
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Two Vermont telecommunications groups are getting $47 million in federal stimulus money to build fiber optic networks. The money is the largest public investment in broadband infrastructure ever made in the state. It comes from a $7 billion investment in broadband infrastructure contained in the federal stimulus bill.VPR News
VT Electric Coop Gets Grant To Expand Broadband
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The Vermont Electric Cooperative is going to use an $11 million federal grant to help create hundreds of jobs, improve electrical service and expand broadband internet service to Essex County.VPR News
VT Edition: Broadband Connectivity
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with the head of the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, Tom Murray, and Vermont’s Chief Technology Officer, Tom Evslin about the status of cell phone and broadband service in Vermont.VPR News