The Buildout: Comcast awarded $67M in Georgia; NY builds its first muni network
Summary
New York has completed initial construction on a $10 million municipal, open access broadband build, connecting over 2,000 previously unserved or underserved homes and businesses in the village of Sherburne in Chenango County. The project, which started construction in May 2022, spans four municipalities and is part of the states $1 billion ConnectAll initiative to expand broadband access, affordability and equity statewide. Comcast will partner with Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on a $4.1 million project to deliver broadband to nearly 500 homes and businesses in the townships of Lykens, Mifflin, Upper Paxton, Reed, Wayne, Jefferson, Halifax, Washington and Jackson. GoNetspeed, which has backing from Oak Hill Capital, invested $1.7 million to build out its network to roughly 1,800 homes and businesses in Cape Elizabeth. According to a press release, GoNetspeed is delivering symmetrical speeds ranging from 250 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s to customers in Maine, Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and West Virginia.