Grant to Give Rural Maine High-Speed Web Access ; the New Fiber-Optic Network Will Bring the Promise of Growth to More Than 100 Communities.
Portland Press Herald › December 18, 2009
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A $25.4 million federal stimulus grant announced Thursday will be used to build a 1,100-mile fiber-optic network connecting the far reaches of Maine, bringing high-speed Internet to thousands of people who can't get broadband service through cable or phone lines.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke visited the University of Maine on Thursday to tout the funding for the so-called Three Ring Binder project, which represents a fiber-optic foundation for broadband Internet service connecting rural western, eastern and northern Maine.See the full content of this document
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Grant to Give Rural Maine High-Speed Web Access ; the New Fiber-Optic Network Will Bring the Promise of Growth to More Than 100 Communities.
"This project and the private investment it will spur has the potential to connect one-fifth of Maine households to this 21st- century Internet backbone," Locke said.
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