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The Southern Vermont Communications Union Districtâs long-in-the-works feasibility study has been approved by the state, the district boardâs governing chair said.
Jeff Such, the boardâs chair, said at a March 24 meeting that the organization, which is working toward bringing fiber-optic internet to the region, will now turn to developing a business plan, which wonât be finalized until the district has lined up an operating agreement with a private-sector partner.
The feasibility study and business plan are supported by a $60,000 grant from the Vermont Department of Public Service that was awarded last year. The now-completed study, developed by Alex Kelley of Rural Innovation Strategies, Inc. and Carole Monroe of ValleyNet, recommended that the district join forces with the adjacent Deerfield Valley CUD or partner with incumbent carrier Consolidated Communications, which is expanding its fiber network in Ve
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The governing board of the Southern Vermont Communications Union District, a year-old municipality dedicated to bringing broadband to underserved parts of the region, approved a non-disclosure agreement with Consolidated Communications in advance of discussions regarding possible collaboration.
âWe reached out to (Consolidated) to see if there are areas where our goals overlap,â SoVT CUD wrote in announcing the special meeting on Feb. 17 at which the agreement was approved. âThey want an NDA in place before entering those discussions.â
Consultants hired by SoVT CUD to develop a study of its eventual networkâs feasibility recommended at a meeting in early February that the district explore a public-private partnership with Consolidated, which recently won millions of dollars in federal funds through a reverse auction overseen by the Federal Communications Commission to expand high-speed internet service
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A consultant team working on behalf of the Southern Vermont Communications Union District, a municipal entity launched nearly one year ago with the goal of eventually bringing high-speed internet to underserved parts of the region, is finalizing a feasibility study that suggests two âviable pathsâ forward for the fledgling organization.
The district should either coordinate with the adjacent Deerfield Valley CUD or explore a partnership with Consolidated Communications, according to the latest findings of the consultants, Alex Kelley of Rural Innovation Strategies, Inc., and Carole Monroe of ValleyNet. The consultants provided an overview of their findings to the districtâs governing board on Wednesday and indicated that the completed study would be circulated soon.
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Two companies have won more than $3 million through a competitive process overseen by the Federal Communications Commission to bring high-speed internet service to unserved parts of Bennington County.
Consolidated Communications won $2,697,942 in support for 958 locations within the county, while SpaceX â the developer of Starlink, a satellite internet company â won $327,545 for 159 locations.
Across the country, as part of the same competitive process, more than $9.2 billion was awarded to a total of 180 bidders, who over the next decade will be tasked with bringing broadband âto over 5.2 million unserved homes and businesses,â according to a news release this month from the FCC, which awarded the funding through the first phase of its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction.