The following was published in Vermont Biz on July 10, 2019 by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The state is no longer counting on an outside force to upgrade the state’s broadband Internet coverage. There is not going to be a single Rural Electrification Act like from the 1930s or an Interstate highway push like from the 1950s. To get …
State issues RFP for feasibility study of electric companies offering broadband service
Published by VermontBiz on June 26, 2019 Vermont Business Magazine The Department of Public Service seeks to establish a contract with a company that can provide a Feasibility Study of Electric Companies Offering Broadband Service in Vermont (link is external). RFP responses are due by 4 pm on July 1, 2019. The contract arising from this RFP will be for a period …
Vermont takes rural broadband into its own hands under new law
Published by State Scoop on June 24, 2019 By Katya Schwenk Vermont will fund homegrown internet service providers under a broadband expansion bill signed last week by Gov. Phil Scott. The move makes Vermont the latest in a series of states that, underwhelmed by the federal government’s solutions to provide internet access, have taken matters into their own hands. The new law …
From Georgia to Minnesota: State Lawmakers are Taking Bipartisan Action for Rural Broadband
by Jessica Denson Director of Communications, Connected Nation Bowling Green, KY (May 2, 2019) – Federal legislators have taken action in recent months to begin expansion of rural broadband across the U.S. But, many state lawmakers are not waiting for federal funding to come through before taking steps of their own. The number of states passing or introducing bills to …