February 2020

The FCC claims that our region is 99% covered for broadband services and 99% covered for mobile telephone services. Anyone living here would choke at the very idea. Provided with funds from a Connecticut state grant, we commissioned a study of our region to ascertain...

For sixteen years I served as State Representative (64th District) in a largely rural district encompassing nine towns in northwest Connecticut. During that time I was contacted repeatedly by constituents to do something about our inadequate coverage for high speed internet services. There were areas...

Norfolk formed its own fiber optics committee in 2018, whose members include the first selectman and head of the town’s Economic Development Commission. A gathering of supporters was held in September 2019 (about 50 people attending), and a community campaign has been launched, including monthly...

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