CARES Act Broadband Funding Lights up New Hampshire Town

CARES Act broadband funding helped enable the town of Bristol, New Hampshire, to deploy 24 miles of fiber to pass 400 Bristol residences and connect to Plymouth State University. The CARES Act funding was a $1.52 million grant. In a separate project, additional fiber backbone and fiber distribution will be deployed to connect all Bristol municipal, educational and commercial buildings with funding through a Northern Border Regional Commission grant and town appropriation. The long-term goal is for residents of Bristol to get symmetrical fiber to the premises, and for fiber connectivity also to reach businesses, municipal buildings, and educational facilities in Plymouth (NH) as well as Bristol.