/tags/high-speed-internet High Speed Internet en-US 开云体育 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:09:29 GMT /local-news/2024-11-20/vermont-broadband-officials-worry-the-trump-administration-could-slow-down-buildout Vermont is waiting on $229 million in federal broadband funding, but President-elect Donald Trump has been critical of the program that is funding that work. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:09:29 GMT /local-news/2024-11-20/vermont-broadband-officials-worry-the-trump-administration-could-slow-down-buildout Howard Weiss-Tisman /local-news/2024-07-31/affordability-questions-remain-as-federal-broadband-bead-money-flows-into-vermont The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment, or BEAD, program will bring $229 million to the state 鈥� one-third of all the money Vermont needs to supply everyone with high-speed broadband service. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:10:47 GMT /local-news/2024-07-31/affordability-questions-remain-as-federal-broadband-bead-money-flows-into-vermont Howard Weiss-Tisman, Jenn Jarecki, Nathaniel Wilson /local-news/2024-02-20/25-000-low-income-vermonters-may-lose-internet-subsidy-in-april-without-that-wi-fi-im-sunk If Congress doesn鈥檛 act, a $14 billion federal program that subsidizes high-speed internet for low-income households will run out of money in April. More than 25,000 Vermonters will be impacted, nearly half of whom are 50 or older. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-02-20/25-000-low-income-vermonters-may-lose-internet-subsidy-in-april-without-that-wi-fi-im-sunk Nina Keck /show/vermont-edition/2022-12-20/state-calls-on-vermonters-to-help-correct-federal-broadband-map Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks to the Vermont Community Broadband Board's deputy director about how to challenge the FCC's national broadband map. Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:46:31 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-12-20/state-calls-on-vermonters-to-help-correct-federal-broadband-map Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer /npr-news/2022-05-09/the-biden-administration-is-capping-the-cost-of-internet-for-low-income-americans Twenty internet providers, including national companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, have committed to the program. Mon, 09 May 2022 09:38:05 GMT /npr-news/2022-05-09/the-biden-administration-is-capping-the-cost-of-internet-for-low-income-americans Ayana Archie /vpr-news/2021-03-19/reporter-debrief-with-latest-infusion-from-covid-relief-bills-is-broadband-for-all-on-its-way The COVID-19 pandemic made the state's broadband inequities glaringly clear. Despite a big push by the state last year, thousands of people, especially鈥� Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:14:31 GMT /vpr-news/2021-03-19/reporter-debrief-with-latest-infusion-from-covid-relief-bills-is-broadband-for-all-on-its-way John Dillon, Henry Epp /programs/2019-04-03/stoner-diy-fiber For many years, I鈥檝e been part of a small group of Craftsbury residents that鈥檚 been working to build community support for bringing high-speed internet鈥� Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:00:00 GMT /programs/2019-04-03/stoner-diy-fiber David Stoner /programs/2019-04-02/marchildon-critical-connectivity Without a doubt, times have changed. Time was when access to the internet was considered a luxury - even a novelty 鈥� but those days are long gone. Today,鈥� Tue, 02 Apr 2019 19:16:59 GMT /programs/2019-04-02/marchildon-critical-connectivity Greg Marchildon /programs/2019-04-01/mcquiston-last-mile-broadband Just last week I was standing in a meeting room at a prominent Burlington-area hotel and I could not get onto the Internet. I went over to a window. Still鈥� Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:00:00 GMT /programs/2019-04-01/mcquiston-last-mile-broadband Tim McQuiston /vpr-news/2019-03-26/vermont-house-overwhelmingly-advances-broadband-bill-funding-community-models The Vermont House on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed a bill designed to spread broadband internet throughout rural parts of the state.The legislation aims鈥� Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:48:52 GMT /vpr-news/2019-03-26/vermont-house-overwhelmingly-advances-broadband-bill-funding-community-models John Dillon