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Broadband project needs speed testers
ELLSWORTH In July 2020, Maine voters approved a $15 million bond initiative that, with matching funds, amounts to $45 million available for broadband efforts throughout the state. Maine residents can help to determine where those resources should be used by taking a speed test at their homes and businesses.
These speed tests will help the ConnectMaine Authority and the Maine Broadband Coalition (MBC) better assess areas for broadband access. This initiative seeks to support the fact that Federal Communications Commission mapping data for broadband is seriously overstated, with many rural areas of Maine unserved for broadband. Some areas have no terrestrial (wired) internet at all.