A Fiber Network Spurs a New Northern New Hampshire Tech Corridor
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Planning, perseverance and strategic alliances pay off for the rural community of Bristol, NH, as it overcomes obstacles to bring better broadband and better jobs to residents.
Nicholas Coates, Bristol town administrator
Bristol, New Hampshire, is either underserved or unserved with broadband according to the FCC definition, but it is eager to provide affordable, high-speed broadband to its residents and businesses. The rural town has some internet options, but they’re largely low-speed services from the area incumbent telco and cable operator that can’t support demanding applications.
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BRISTOL, N.H., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Town of Bristol, a New Hampshire town of 3,300 permanent residents, is deploying the smart infrastructure necessary to bring high-speed broadband services to its previously underserved rural community. The initiative,
Bristol Broadband Now, is a long-term effort by the Town s Economic Development Committee to build a fiber to the premise (FTTP) network that will provide symmetrical fiber optic internet to residences throughout Bristol as well as connect businesses, municipal buildings and educational facilities in Bristol and Plymouth, N.H.
Bristol Broadband Now is being made possible in part through two separately funded projects. The first project, supported by a $1.52 million Connecting New Hampshire Emergency Broadband Expansion grant funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, is a 24-mile fiber route that passes nearly 400 Bristol residences and connects to the Net