They actually listened and the VTA grant is pushing forward which means fiber is finally coming to our area. I am drinking so much coffee right now because I still cannot wrap my head around this win but we really changed the outcome here. Keep an eye on your mail …
August 14, 2012
Final supporters
To: Governor Peter Shumlin and members of the VTA:
Deference in ECFiber territory to Fairpoint Communication’s inferior service is an injustice to all. ECFiber has offered central Vermont a superior alternative and there still remain other areas in the state with no broadband service offers that would welcome Fairpoint’s service.
We urge the Vermont Telecommunications Authority (VTA) to honor the 128 grant application process and ECFiber’s application because:
• The grant will bring broadband services to un-served areas of the EC Fiber territory
• ECFiber’s application offers superior fiber optic broadband service that far exceeds grant requirements of 5 megs/sec.
• ECFiber’s application offers open access fiber optic infrastructure to all providers.
We also urge the Department of Public Service (DPS) to reconsider its settlement with Fairpoint Communications to provide broadband service to un-served Chelsea and Vershire areas because:
• Fairpoint announced 2 days after the VTA 128 grant deadline that it was going to build DSL in un-served areas of ECFiber territory.
• The DSL combined speed required by the DPS is “up to”.965 megs/sec. This is 5 times less than the speeds required by the VTA grant.
Please allow the original VTA 128 grant to go through, thereby helping ECFiber communities to move closer to universal true high speed broadband service. The areas targeted by the VTA grant will be grateful and the entire ECFiber network will be enhanced.
Updates
July 17, 2012
I honestly did not think this would gain this much steam when I first typed it up on my laptop late at night. It feels like people actually want decent internet for once which is wild because I was used to just dealing with those slow connections in the middle of nowhere.
Reached 100 supporters
July 17, 2012
6 Comments
ECFiber actually cares about the rural areas. Fairpoint just wants to collect our checks while providing dialup speeds.
Living in Chelsea and the speeds we get right now are a total joke. Fairpoint is useless. Give ECFiber the go ahead already.
THIS IS ABSURD. Why prevent us from getting better service? We pay enough for absolutely nothing.
Fairpoint has had long enough to get their act together and they didnt. Stop protecting them and let ECFiber do the job.
So tired of buffering every time I try to stream a movie. It is 2015 for crying out loud.
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They actually listened and the VTA grant is pushing forward which means fiber is finally coming to our area. I am drinking so much coffee right now because I still cannot wrap my head around this win but we really changed the outcome here. Keep an eye on your mail …
August 14, 2012
Final supporters
To: Governor Peter Shumlin and members of the VTA:
Deference in ECFiber territory to Fairpoint Communication’s inferior service is an injustice to all. ECFiber has offered central Vermont a superior alternative and there still remain other areas in the state with no broadband service offers that would welcome Fairpoint’s service.
We urge the Vermont Telecommunications Authority (VTA) to honor the 128 grant application process and ECFiber’s application because:
• The grant will bring broadband services to un-served areas of the EC Fiber territory
• ECFiber’s application offers superior fiber optic broadband service that far exceeds grant requirements of 5 megs/sec.
• ECFiber’s application offers open access fiber optic infrastructure to all providers.
We also urge the Department of Public Service (DPS) to reconsider its settlement with Fairpoint Communications to provide broadband service to un-served Chelsea and Vershire areas because:
• Fairpoint announced 2 days after the VTA 128 grant deadline that it was going to build DSL in un-served areas of ECFiber territory.
• The DSL combined speed required by the DPS is “up to”.965 megs/sec. This is 5 times less than the speeds required by the VTA grant.
Please allow the original VTA 128 grant to go through, thereby helping ECFiber communities to move closer to universal true high speed broadband service. The areas targeted by the VTA grant will be grateful and the entire ECFiber network will be enhanced.
Updates
July 17, 2012
I honestly did not think this would gain this much steam when I first typed it up on my laptop late at night. It feels like people actually want decent internet for once which is wild because I was used to just dealing with those slow connections in the middle of nowhere.
Reached 100 supporters
July 17, 2012
6 Comments
we need real internet. my kids cant even do their homework.
ECFiber actually cares about the rural areas. Fairpoint just wants to collect our checks while providing dialup speeds.
Living in Chelsea and the speeds we get right now are a total joke. Fairpoint is useless. Give ECFiber the go ahead already.
THIS IS ABSURD. Why prevent us from getting better service? We pay enough for absolutely nothing.
Fairpoint has had long enough to get their act together and they didnt. Stop protecting them and let ECFiber do the job.
So tired of buffering every time I try to stream a movie. It is 2015 for crying out loud.
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we need real internet. my kids cant even do their homework.