The
Vermont Telecommunications Authority has been awarded a $1.6 million federal
grant to expand cellular phone service and provide wireless internet in areas
hit by flooding in 2011.
The Vermont Telecommunications Authority has terminated two grants awarded to the Springfield based broadband provider VTel. The decision stems from what was described as a performance problem with one
grant.
Gov. Jim Douglas has signed into law a budget
"companion bill" passed during last week’s special session, despite
his concerns that parts of it are unconstitutional.
We check in on the progress Vermont is making toward its goal of total broadband coverage by the end of 2010. Also, we continue our backyard farming series with a visit to a woman raising chickens.
The
Vermont Telecommunications Authority needs a lot more towers if it’s going to
meet its mandate of extending cell phone coverage to every corner of the state. And
now there may be an affordable way to do that. Officials are looking into
putting cell phone transmitters on wind turbines.