ConnectME Head Targets Consumer Prices in Subsidies, Rosenworcel Hears
To increase broadband adoption, examine costs more closely, ConnectME Authority Executive Director Peggy Schaffer told FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel in a podcast released Friday. Citing data from NTIA's Broadband USA program, Schaffer said 2 percent of Maine's population has access…
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for under $60 monthly. "We are a poor state, and our connectivity is so expensive," Schaffer said. ConnectME asks groups seeking infrastructure grants what they will charge for service, she said. Due to a grant to a local ISP, residents of Sherman, "in the middle of nowhere," has gig service availability for $49.99 monthly, she said.