Microsoft will help expand rural broadband access in Vermont

ronjor · Jan 25, 2019

Kris Holt, @krisholt 25 Jan 2019

With the help of RTO Wireless, an ISP, Microsoft is building out broadband infrastructure in the state as part of its mission to bring faster internet to three million more people by 2022.
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ronjor · Mar 5, 2020

Microsoft Airband: An annual update on connecting rural America

Mar 5, 2020 Shelley McKinley - Head of Technology and Corporate Responsibility, Microsoft
Last year, a team of Amish-owned horses dragged a load up a ridge near Essex, New York. It was a normal scene for rural America – straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting – except that they were bearing telecommunications equipment to connect the local community to the internet.
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guest · Apr 17, 2020

Vermont, Microsoft partner to expand rural broadband
April 17, 2020
https://statescoop.com/vermont-microsoft-partner-to-expand-rural-broadband/

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said this week that the state will partner with Microsoft and local internet service providers to install mobile hotspots around the state to enable remote work, education and telemedicine, following the release of a study that found dozens of communities lacking any access to public Wi-Fi.

Vermont’s Department of Public Service, Microsoft and RTO Wireless, a rural ISP, began the process of installing wireless hotspots across at least 38 towns throughout the state last week.

“Broadband remains a critical resource for Vermonters in rural areas to stay connected and work and learn remotely during our Stay Home, Stay Safe period,” Scott said in a press release.
“The broadband gap already disproportionately impacts Americans who reside in rural areas,” said Shelley McKinley, Microsoft’s vice president and general manager of technology and corporate responsibility.
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Office of Governor Phil Scott: Businesses Partnering with the State of Vermont to Address Rural Broadband Gap

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