| These areas were not so underserved B4 Comcast! Sorry to burst the Comcast bubble but they are the third company to provide broadband to all but one of these towns.
South Hero, Grand Isle and North hero already had broadband from wireless provider GlobalNet and they also have almost 100% coverage from Fairpoint. Yes...the company that is going thru bankruptcy has built DSL to most of the Champlain islands before Comcast! Once again DSLReports refuses to see that Fairpoint is expanding Broadband in Vermont regardless of their bankruptcy. My inlaws live in North Hero and got DSL (Triple Play) last year from Fairpoint (not Verizon) and I am actually typing this from their house. So, thanks Comcast for your overpriced services but most of the islands have had DSL for over a year now and GlobalNet for longer than that! Not so under served!!
As far as Brookline goes...parts of the town have had access to Fairpoint DSL for over a year now. I will applaud Comcast for bringing service to the whole town though! Only problem is that apparently during the last winter storm we had about a month ago everyone that had the Comcast triple play in Brookline lost all their services including phone for like 2-3 days. This information came from a friend of mine who just recently got the Comcast triple play in Brookline. I guess Comcast needs to do some work on the battery backup of their new network there.
It is great that Comcast is bringing Broadband to new areas in Vermont but they are not the only ones. There are several areas all over Vermont that have just recently gotten Broadband services. Guess who the provider is...Fairpoint, not Comcast! Its good to give credit when a company does a good thing but that should be universal to all providers!
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