New Hampshire Executive Council approves American Rescue Plan Act funding for broadband

Consolidated Communications will provide access to high-speed Internet for thousands of people in New Hampshire as soon as 2024 after the New Hampshire Executive Council approved giving it $40 million in federal funding. The panel unanimously authorized using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money for a three-year contract to make fiber-optic broadband available to nearly 25,000 homes, including almost 3,100 in Cheshire County. Consolidated has also pledged to add another 32,000 homes in the project area using its own money, but it didn’t have a county-by-county breakdown for these additional locations. Consumers can expect to pay $70 per month, increasing to $95 after one year, if they buy the company’s most popular level of service. The cheapest introductory rate is $35, increasing to $55 after a year. 

[02/23/2023]