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Rural towns looking to connect to broadband internet Modified: 4/11/2021 10:14:33 PM NORTH HAVERHILL A group of municipal managers is asking Grafton County residents about their internet service, or lack thereof, as it explores ways to expand broadband across the county. The Grafton County Broadband Committee, made up of the leaders of four rural towns, hopes to use information collected as part of a new survey to identify and document existing gaps in coverage. It then plans to leverage that knowledge into federal grants, stimulus dollars and possibly part of President Joe Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan. The ultimate goal is to build or contract for “broadband backbone,” or fiber-optic lines that service providers could use to build out coverage into Grafton County’s communities, according to Bristol, N.H., town manager Nik Coates, who chairs the broadband committee.

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