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Commonwealth, MBI Announce Grant for Middlefield Wireless Pilot Project
Wednesday, June 8, 2016BOSTON – Wednesday, June 8, 2016 – The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has approved a new grant to the Town of Middlefield to aid in the launch of a wireless pilot project designed to help the town address its broadband Internet gap. The grant of $129,082 from the Massachusetts Broadband Institute will fund costs associated with the town’s preferred solution for broadband under the pilot program.
Read MoreBaker-Polito Administration Announces New Implementation Framework for Last Mile Broadband Projects
Wednesday, May 11, 2016BOSTON – Tuesday, May 10, 2016 – The Baker-Polito Administration met with municipal broadband leaders from across Western Massachusetts today to discuss a new framework for evaluating and advancing Last Mile Broadband projects in communities unserved or underserved by high-speed internet access. The dialogue centered on a flexible, responsive and community-based approach to prioritizing affordable and sustainable solutions to the broadband service challenges facing the Commonwealth’s 44 Last Mile communities.
Read MoreGov. Baker touts 'flexible, community-based' solution for rural broadband in Western Massachusetts
Tuesday, May 10, 2016BOSTON – Gov Charlie Baker met Tuesday with various municipal leaders from across Western Massachusetts to discuss ways to speed up an ongoing proposal to bring broadband internet access to remote areas of the region.
Read MoreMBI changes broadband course
Tuesday, May 10, 2016BOSTON — The state’s Last-Mile broadband “pause” is over, and Gov. Charlie Baker seems to have joined the chorus of western Massachusetts voices that want “Broadband now.”
Read MoreBaker Administration Unveils New Broadband Framework
Tuesday, May 10, 2016Governor Charlie Baker’s administration is rolling out a new framework to bring high-speed internet to rural communities in western Massachusetts.
Read MoreGov. Baker names new team to head 'last mile' broadband project in Western Massachusetts
Friday, May 6, 2016The administration of Gov. Charlie Baker has named a new team to lead the state's Last Mile Broadband Project, an effort to bring high-speed Internet service to dozens of unserved or underserved rural towns in Western Massachusetts.
Read MoreBaker-Polito Administration Announces New Leadership Team for Last Mile Broadband Project
Friday, May 6, 2016BOSTON – Thursday, May 5, 2016 – The Baker-Polito Administration announced today the appointment of two new senior staff members, charged with leading the Last Mile Broadband Project for communities un- or underserved by high-speed internet access in Western Massachusetts.
Read MoreLocal named ‘Last Mile’ liaison
Thursday, May 5, 2016BOSTON – A Shelburne man is among the two new senior staff members chosen by the Gov. Charlie Baker administration to lead the Last Mile Broadband Project for the 44 western Massachusetts towns unserved or under-served by high-speed Internet access.
Read MoreLeverettNet Launches Fiber-to-the-Home Service
Thursday, December 31, 2015The November/December 2015 edition of Broadband Communities, a national telecom trade publication, highlights the official launch of the LeverettNet municipal fiber-optic network back in October.
Read MoreLeverett Highlights Impact of Municipal Broadband Network at Launch Event
Friday, October 2, 2015LEVERETT – Friday, October 2, 2015 - Citizens, elected officials, and executives from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts gathered today in Leverett, Mass., to celebrate the launch of the LeverettNet municipal fiber-optic broadband network, a new infrastructure project that offers gigabit-level Internet connectivity to every home and business in the town.
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