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from the small-town,-big-dreams dept.

El Reg reports [theregister.co.uk]

A small community on an island off the coast of Maine says that it wants to give Gigabit internet service to all 560 of its residents.

The [upscale resort] town of Islesboro says[1] it will be covering the costs of building and installing a municipal high-speed network. This despite having fewer than 300 households.

The plan, which was voted through 145-23 in a residents' meeting, will call for the service to be installed throughout the island, and each household will pay $360 per year. The town will take out a loan of up to $3.8M.

[...]Three years ago, the town hired a consulting company to study and design a fiber-to-premise network for homes and businesses, and a local contractor has already signed a deal to install the fiber lines.

[1] I would guess|(hope) that the town's IT staff had the day off when their announcement was put up.
The link in the article goes to a ridiculous page with redundant links to a 2-page PDF (an unnecessary wrapper for a -crooked- photo of a document).
Islesboro Becoming A Gigabit Island [ctctcdn.com]

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