Broadband

The FCC is currently looking at proposals to fund Wi-Fi on school buses across the nation, and one Vermont school district is already implementing the technology in its vehicles. The Central Vermont Supervisory Union is bringing Wi-Fi to its school buses that serve the Williamstown…

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined ECFiber, Vermont’s first Communications Union District (CUD), to celebrate the completion of its mission to build broadband in 23 rural Vermont towns throughout East Central Vermont. The project started during a Town Meeting Day in…

GREENSBORO BEND, VT – Tonight, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) hosted a Listening Session in Greensboro Bend focused on issues impacting Vermonters in rural communities. During the event, he heard directly from Vermonters about a variety of issues, including how Congress can best support small and…

BURLINGTON, VT—Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced Vermont will receive nearly $230 million to deploy broadband throughout the state as part of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, which is a program of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT)…

WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom (WCVT) and representatives of the Maple Broadband Community Union District (CUD) for an on-the-ground broadband installation in Panton, Vermont, today, following the introduction of his ReConnecting Rural America Act to support broadband…