Broadband

This comes after the state announced a dollar-for-dollar matching program last year.

The board's digital equity officer discusses barriers to overcome, from the cost of broadband to some Vermonters' need for basic digital skills.

"We understand that there are students who don’t have internet access at home — and a lot of those kids are in rural America,” said Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel in a visit to Vermont.

The Scott administration took $20 million that was earmarked for the state's broadband buildout to fund flood relief, and some officials are concerned it could slow down broadband buildout if the money's not replaced in time.

The Vermont Community Broadband Board is discussing new polices to protect communications union districts that are working with companies in Vermont's broadband buildout.

Town leaders and excited civilians gathered in White River Junction on Tuesday to celebrate the completion of a broadband rollout mission started in 2008.

Vermont's allotment comes after a monthslong effort to challenge the FCC’s National Broadband Map — which state officials say overstated the number of Vermont households with a reliable broadband connection.

This is the year that a lot of the money from Biden's 2021 infrastructure law starts flowing to states and local governments. Mitch Landrieu is tasked with implementing and promoting the effort.

The Vermont Community Broadband Board is asking for feedback on internet access as broadband becomes more widespread.

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.