vTel Deploying Gigabit Internet In Vermont At $35/Month

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday April 27, 2013 @01:33AM from the when-i-think-fast-internet,-i-think-rural-vermont dept.

symbolset writes "Up to 17,500 rural Vermont subscribers of vTel, a legacy copper telephone company, stand to get gigabit fiber to the home. Funded by a $95 million U.S. grant and $55 million in coinvestment from a utility for smart meters, the 1,200 mile fiber network will cost $8,500 per home — if every subscriber takes the gigabit Internet. Currently the company is doing its best to convince people this is a product they need, but have seen only 600 takers so far. The federal grant is part of $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funds that seem to have accomplished very little."

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Re:But who needs i? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-04-27 02:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

agree. just like those who said we didn't need electricity were right as well. Luckily, back then, the great minds and those with foresight won out making sure we didn't waste a cent on the boondoggle of electricity. same thing with computers. really there's a need for only a few computers in the world. hopefully, republicans can kill this just like the roll out of electricity and computers. NOBODY NEEDS THOSE THINGS!!!!