FairPoint Communications says DSL broadband customers in portions of 11 Vermont towns have access to higher speeds as a result of recent upgrades by the company.
FairPoint says the upgrades include parts of Alburgh, Cabot, Groton, Isle La Motte, Marshfield, Montgomery, Peacham, Ryegate, Walden, Danville and Newbury.
The company does not release figures on addresses served, so it is unclear how many households are affected by the upgrade.
The company says speeds depend on how far an address is from the upgraded equipment, but some customers will have access to speeds as high as 25 Mbps download, 2 Mbps upload. In Vermont, the highest residential download speed advertised by the company is 30 Mbps.
As part of a settlement with the Public Service Department over service delays and other problems experienced by the company a year ago, FairPoint will also accept nearly $50 million in federal funds to improve broadband service to more than 28,000 Vermont addresses over the next six years. The settlement needs the approval of the Public Service Board.
