Nik Coates, the Bristol town administrator, reports that the Grafton County Broadband Committee recently received grant funds to support high-level design work for Orange and other towns to connect into the “middle-mile network.” This is the backbone of the Internet.
Meanwhile, the committee applied for a $26.2 million grant from the National Transportation Infrastructure Agency (NTIA) to fund the construction. The agency has been asking follow up questions about the project that “we believe to be encouraging,” Nik says. The committee should learn this month about grant approval.
To improve the chances, the committee needs some additional data by Monday. Please help bring real broadband to Orange!
Go to www.speedtest.net and note your current upload and download speeds.
Complete this 5-minute survey.
Even if you’ve filled out the survey before, it would help to do it again. The more responses NTIA get from our county—particularly our corner of it—the better.