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BRISTOL, N.H., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Town of Bristol, a New Hampshire town of 3,300 permanent residents, is deploying the smart infrastructure necessary to bring high-speed broadband services to its previously underserved rural community. The initiative,
Bristol Broadband Now, is a long-term effort by the Town's Economic Development Committee to build a fiber to the premise (FTTP) network that will provide symmetrical fiber optic internet to residences throughout Bristol as well as connect businesses, municipal buildings and educational facilities in Bristol and Plymouth, N.H.
Bristol Broadband Now is being made possible in part through two separately funded projects. The first project, supported by a $1.52 million Connecting New Hampshire Emergency Broadband Expansion grant funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, is a 24-mile fiber route that passes nearly 400 Bristol residences and connects to the NetworkNH system at Plymouth State University (PSU). The second project will provide the additional fiber backbone and fiber distribution required to connect all Bristol municipal, educational and commercial buildings and is being funded by a Northern Border Regional Commission grant and Town appropriation.