Greetings and Happy New Year. After almost four years of planning and organizing, this is the year when CVFiber will begin construction and limited service! As preparations continue, CVFiber is going through some leadership transitions. Here are the highlights from this month’s update: CVFiber founder Jeremy Hansen steps aside as Chair of the Governing Board….
CVFiber is getting closer and closer to the start of actual construction. It’s an exciting and busy time; the pace of activity will only accelerate in the new year. Here are the latest headlines, with details following. CVFiber has contracts with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative to design and manage network construction. The pole inventory…
We’re bringing fast, affordable Internet to Central Vermont Subscribe to our Newsletter Fast, reliable Internet service is a necessary utility in today’s technological world. Access to many civic functions, social services, and commercial services is impossible without it. Plus it provides many other great benefits in instant communication, education, health, entertainment, and business and work…
CVFiber has committed to purchase 300 miles of fiber, and is pressing to complete preconstruction including high-level design and pole inventories for five towns. We have chosen Waitsfield Champlain Telecom as our partner for CVFiber Operations. Click the link for Jeremy Hansen’s interview on WDEV radio’s “Vermont Viewpoint”. The pole inventory is nearly complete in…
$2.8 million Grant has been approved ! The work of providing fast Internet to our 21 member communities is off to a strong start with progress to report in many areas. Read on to see when your town is scheduled for installation. First, the headlines. The Vermont Community Broadband Board has approved a $2.8 million…
CVFiber is off and running! After years of organizing, planning, and fundraising, real-world activity has begun. Here are the items in this month’s update. The pole inventory is underway in five of our underserved communities. Look for vehicles with the CVFiber logo! The high-level design of the network has begun and should be finished by…
Attention residents of Calais, East Montpelier, Middlesex, Moretown, and Worcester: CVFiber is conducting an inventory of utility poles in your community. CVFiber is central Vermont’s locally-owned community Internet service provider whose mission is to bring fast broadband to every address in its 21 member communities. You’ll know our contractors by their bright yellow vests and…
Residents of five Central Vermont towns will soon see the first big step toward providing fast internet throughout CVFiber’s service district. Work crews will be conducting a comprehensive pole inventory that’s necessary in order to design a fiber network. The crews will collect more than 50 different kinds of data on every utility pole including…
We’re not quite speedy enough for a “Fast & Furious” sequel, but we’re making progress toward our goal of bringing fast Internet service to every location in the CVFiber service district. We’re beginning preconstruction activity, and setting the stage for further work. Meanwhile, we are one big step closer to another package of federal aid…
The big news this month is that CVFiber is about to take the first real-world, physical step toward building a fiber network. But there’s lots more going on as well. The pace of activity is accelerating. This month’s update includes: On July 28, CVFiber will hold a webinar describing its plan to deliver broadband throughout…