The extent of federal aid coming to Maine for broadband access is unprecedented and “will never happen again,” Axiom’s Mark Ouellette told Wiscasset, Woolwich and Dresden selectmen, broadband committee members and others Dec. 1 as he explained some.
In anticipation of the FCC releasing its new nationwide broadband maps today, <i>Government Technology</i> spoke with several industry experts to better understand how these maps will work and some of the challenges still ahead.
After two years of community-based planning to expand high-speed broadband services across the Greater East Grand Region, seven municipalities and four communities in unorganized territories have come together to support Fidium Fiber’s grant application to Maine Connectivity Authority to build a 2G fiber network across the region. If the grant is awarded, the fiber network will be completed within 12 to 18 months.