ECFiber Customer, Barnard Resident, Software Engineer

“Reliable and fast internet is no longer an amenity but a requirement for the modern economy. My wife and I would never have been able to move here without ECFiber.”

“I've been able to work some ‘side hustles’ for extra income. I teach at night as an adjunct professor remotely, and I do some occasional contract work building out solutions for businesses. That all wouldn't be possible if I didn't have high-speed internet.”

“Reliable fast internet, technology skills, and making housing a reality for young people are all you need to begin to see tech centers appear here. I'd really like to see the young people graduating high school here end up staying here and starting some technology startups. ECFiber has begun to make that possible.”

DVFiber Customer, Readsboro Resident, Business Consultant

“Broadband internet service from DVFiber was a key factor for me starting my own business and prevented us from moving elsewhere. We didn't want to leave Vermont, but needed work and finally came to the decision that it was our only option to survive. Our line of work necessitated high quality, high-speed internet for remote work opportunities.”

“Before DVFiber, low internet quality limited employment opportunities, limited entertainment opportunities, and limited online communication with family and friends that live elsewhere. The limits on being able to do remote work were the one factor that almost prompted us to leave Vermont and the quality of life we value and have put as our priority.”

“I absolutely believe that having access to high quality, high-speed internet will help prevent the drain of people leaving Vermont.”

CVFiber Customers, Worcester Residents, Occupational Therapist and Educator

“Vermont as a state offers so much of what we are seeking in the way of community connectedness, beautiful landscape, schools, recreational opportunities and a general set of values that we relate to.  What is deeply missing at this time in our state's history is rural and reliable high-speed internet. 

The work of CVFiber and other communication districts is historic and deeply important.”

The infrastructure bill Congress passed earlier in November — and that President Biden signed into law this week — has about $100 million to help Vermont build out its broadband network. That’s on top of another huge pot of money from the earlier federal COVID relief aid also directed toward broadband.

The promise of modern communications has bypassed many people and many rural communities in Vermont. And once again, the Legislature and the governor are promising to do more to deliver broadband to underserved areas.

After lawmakers approved a bill last year that encourages towns to work together to expand broadband coverage, more than 35 municipalities are expected to vote to form communications union districts at town meeting in March.

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