Latest NewsA Connection For GrowthWorcester Business Journal Op-Ed Throughout history, economic development has always followed, or been driven by, infrastructure. Train tracks, interstate highways and airline routes have all been instrumental in bringing economic progress to various parts of the world. In today's global, information-driven economy, high-speed Internet access may be the most important piece of infrastructure. That's why Governor Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Murray have made it a priority to bring broadband to North Central and Western Massachusetts. Read more>> MBI Announces Agreement with Lightower Fiber Networks
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Massachusetts Broadband Institute, Massachusetts e-Health Institute, State Senator Ben Downing, and Berkshire Health Systems Discuss the Future of Health Care in Berkshire County
PITTSFIELD – September 12, 2011 – Massachusetts Broadband Institute and Massachusetts e-Health Institute officials joined State Senator Ben Downing and members of Berkshire Health Systems today to meet with health care providers and administrators at Berkshire Medical Center to discuss the state’s efforts to accelerate e-health initiatives and expand broadband access. Read more >>
Governor Patrick Kicks Off Construction on One of Nation's
Largest Broadband Expansion Projects
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| Governor Patrick, MBI Director Judith Dumont, Representative William Smitty Pignatelli and other public officials celebrated the start of construction for the MassBroadband 123 network on Tuesday at the Sandisfield Fire Department. |
SANDISFIELD – Tuesday, July 26, 2011 – Governor Deval Patrick today joined public officials and firefighters at the Sandisfield Fire Department to kick-off construction of the MassBroadband 123 fiber-optic network project to expand broadband access to more than 120 communities in western and north central Massachusetts. The event marks the launch of one of the largest fiber-optic expansions under construction in the nation. Read more >>
Broadband is headed to the Berkshires
July 26, 2011
WSHM Channel 3
SANDISFIELD
 Governor Patrick at broadband event in Sandisfield (click here for video) |
While it's still two years away, residents in Sandisfield are ecstatic to hear they will have access to high speed broadband Internet access. Tuesday, Governor Deval Patrick was in the Berkshire County town to kick off the final phase of the MassBroadband 123 fiber optic network project which will expand broadband access to more than 120 communities in Western and north central parts of the state. |
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Massachusetts Broadband Institute to Host a Milestone Event to Advance the MassBroadband 123 Network
The MBI will make a major annoucement on Tuesday, July 26 in Sandisfield. Please join Governor Patrick to celebrate this milestone event to advance the MassBroadband 123 fiber-optic network. Read more>>
Massachusetts Broadband Institute Announces Grant Awards To Advance Last-Mile Broadband Solutions
Over 1,000 residences will gain high-speed Internet access through the grant awards
Westborough, MA (June 29, 2011) The MBI today announced $335,000 in competitive grant awards as part of ongoing efforts to advance last-mile solutions and expand broadband connectivity in underserved areas of Massachusetts. Read full release >>
Grants Aim to Propel Rural High-Speed Internet
Daily Hampshire Gazette
LEVERETT - The last mile is always the most difficult. But state officials seeking to bring high-speed Internet to the rural corners of Massachusetts took preliminary steps toward completing it Wednesday, announcing a series of grant awards aimed at helping municipalities and businesses develop broadband Internet networks. Read more >>
Closing the Digital Divide
BusinessWest
It’s called MassBroadband 123, the project to bring high-speed broadband to every corner of the Commonwealth, including historically underserved Western Mass. The scale of the initiative is immense, and the challenges are numerous, but there will be clear and immediate rewards from bringing the entire state into the 21st century. Read more>>
The State We’re In: Judith Dumont
WGBY, Springfield
FCC Seventh Broadband Progress Report
The latest Broadband Progress Report to Congress reveals that approximately 26 million Americans, mostly in rural communities located in every region of the country, are denied access to the jobs and economic opportunity made possible by broadband. Read more >>
MBI Announces an Agreement with the Massachusetts Information Technology Division and the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to Advance the MassBroadband 123 Network
Westborough, MA (April 25, 2011) – The MBI today announced that it achieved an important milestone by finalizing its agreement with the Massachusetts Information Technology Division and Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to advance the MassBroadband 123 network and strengthen public safety and other core services in western and north central Massachusetts. Read more >>
Massachusetts Broadband Institute Announces
New Grant Program to Advance Last-Mile Broadband Solutions
Westborough, MA (April 6, 2011) – The MBI today announced a competitive grant program to advance last-mile solutions and expand broadband connectivity in western and north central Massachusetts. The MBI’s Last-Mile Broadband Solutions Program will offer grants for broadband service providers to plan and deploy last-mile services to connect homes and businesses in unserved and underserved areas.
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MBI Hosts Design Session for Veterans' Web Portal
Secretary of Veterans' Services Coleman Nee and MBI Director Judith Dumont at a design session for the veterans' web portal at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center in Cambridge.
Working closely with the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services and the Home Base Program, the MBI is continuing to make progress toward the development of a comprehensive web portal for veterans and their family members. The MBI hosted a design session to plan the components of the web portal that will connect veterans to the resources they need and make the online experience of accessing veterans' services more streamlined. Read more >>
Massachusetts Broadband Institute Hosts
Broadband Provider Briefing and Technology Summit
Left to right, Drew McNaughton, CTO, Axia North America, Matt Crocker, President of Crocker Communications, Judith Dumont, MBI Director, Murray Sigler, President of Axia North America and Tim Scott, Vice President of Axia NGNetworks USA at the Broadband Technology Summit in Northampton.
Working closely with municipal leaders and local broadband service providers, the MBI is continuing to advance the MassBroadband 123 project. This week there were three major events that highlighted the progress of MassBroadband 123, the MBI's 1,338 mile Internet backbone network that will expand broadband access in western and north central Massachusetts communities. Read more>>
Massachusetts Broadband Institute Announces Agreement with Springfield to Advance the MassBroadband 123 Network
Springfield, MA (March 21, 2011) – In keeping with the Patrick-Murray Administration’s commitment to expanding broadband access in western Massachusetts, the MBI today announced an important agreement with the City of Springfield to advance the MassBroadband 123 network and provide broadband infrastructure connections for more than 150 schools, libraries, hospitals and public safety entities in Springfield. In addition, the MBI will utilize the city’s existing infrastructure to connect the MassBroadband 123 fiber-optic network to the major Internet connection point in Springfield.
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MBI Receives Important Federal Approval to Advance the MassBroadband 123 Network
Westborough, MA (March 14, 2011) – The MBI today announced it has received the necessary federal approval to advance the MassBroadband 123 network project. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has formally approved the MBI’s environmental assessment, a critical requirement to commencing the 1,338 mile Internet backbone network build that will expand broadband access in western and north central Massachusetts communities.
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The 1,101 mile network will connect 123 communities. More >>
SERVICE PROVIDERS
The MBI and Axia NGNetworks USA are soliciting service providers who would act as retail service providers on the MassBroadband 123
fiber optic network.If interested contact:
Fred Feit
Business Development Manager, AXIA NGNetworksFrederic.Feit@axia.com
(617) 535-7530