Welcome to Mac Mountain
Calling all Vermonters!
The Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) is calling on all Vermonters to check their addresses on the FCC National Broadband Map. The current map is based on provider data and does not reflect the actual broadband or wireless availability in our communities. As part of Mac Mountain’s commitment to connect all Vermonters to broadband, updated data serves as an insightful way for us to help find a solution.
Vermonters are asked to check their address and file a challenge if the information is not accurate by January 13, 2023. Be sure to check both fixed and mobile broadband.
Digital Equity
“High-speed internet is no longer a luxury – it is necessary for Americans to do their jobs, to participate equally in school, access health care, and to stay connected with family and friends.”
–President Joe Biden on the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program
Public Safety
“Robust, reliable, rural cell service is of great import in Vermont for a plethora of reasons: for use connecting with emergency services; making phone calls while on the road in out-of-the way places or while hiking, mountain biking, snowmobiling or otherwise adventuring out-of-doors;
and for connecting with tele-health providers and online
educational opportunities in areas distant
from hospitals, doctor’s offices, clinics, colleges, and
schools, especially for the elderly or for those students who cannot attend in-person.”
–Tom Ayers, The Vermont Standard
Economic Development
“Broadband is about access to healthcare, access to education, but it’s also about building thriving communities, it’s about resiliency, it’s about accessing renewable energy or energy efficiency. It’s about opportunity, and you have brought that to your community.”
–Rob Fish, deputy director of the Vermont Community Broadband Board
