Petersham fetes completion of high-speed broadband project
Broadband crews prepare for the final fiber road crossing of Petersham's now completed broadband project. Contributed photo
Staff Reports
Modified: 4/6/2021 1:31:53 PM
PETERSHAM — The Town of Petersham announced on March 29 that it has received its full Last Mile Grant funding in the amount of $880,000 from the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, marking the completion of the High Speed Fiber Optic Broadband Project that has been more than 12 years in the making.
Petersham becomes the 30th town among the 53 (partially served and unserved) Central and Western Massachusetts communities to have completed its Broadband Project.
Actual construction began just one year ago as part of Petersham’s partnership with Matrix Connected Fiber. According to Broadband MLP Board Chairman Chip Bull, “Petersham’s broadband project was by far and away the most ambitious and technically challenging project ever undertaken by the Town.”