The Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB), the new state board charged with overseeing broadband development in Vermont, recently approved DVFiber’s $4.1 million grant request. DVFiber can now move ahead with its partner Great Works Internet, Inc. (GWI) of Biddeford, Maine…
At year-end 2020, DVFiber had 15 member towns, a business plan, and strong motivation to put the plan into action. Now, at year-end 2021, DVFiber has grown to include 24 towns in 3 counties, has selected its private sector vendor…
Our Beginnings Deerfield Valley Communications Union District (DVFiber, DVCUD) had its beginnings in a broadband working group composed of 25-30 people from several towns in the Deerfield Valley. Many of us had been members of our individual Town Broadband Committees…
The rollout of service to every home and business in the CUD will take time and requires financing.
88% of Vermonters have computers. 80% of them subscribe to the Internet for a variety of reasons.
But Vermont ranks 43rd in the nation for Internet transfer speeds.
DVFiber announces two recent grant awards in support of work to secure reliable, high-speed broadband for southeastern Vermont. DVFiber is the not for profit business created by Deerfield Valley Communications Union District (DVCUD). DVFiber secured a grant of $100,000 from…
The Vermont Public Service Department (PSD) is coordinating two programs funded by the federal CARES Act that aim to expand delivery of high-speed internet service (“broadband”), with particular attention to reaching locations that have needs for distance learning, telehealth, or…
The DVFiber family continues to grow. Five more towns joined the Deerfield Valley Communications Union District (known as DVFiber) upon the unanimous vote of the Governing Board. The Governing Board of the Deerfield Valley Communications Union District welcomed the towns…
DVFiber has contacted 13 vendors and is meeting online with a majority of them. These meetings are held via video conference on the GoTo Meeting app over the next six weeks or so. Once we have heard the presentation from…