BENTON：2024年邻近网络：佛蒙特州对社区宽带的处理方法报告（英文版）

Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia (I–Windham-Bennington) had long been frustrated with broadband service in her state. In 2019, the Vermont Department of Public Service found that nearly a quarter of Vermont addresses lacked service that met the federal benchmarks for broadband speeds (25/3 megabits per second, or Mbps).1 The COVID-19 pandemic only underscored the urgent need in a state that has consistently ranked near the bottom of connectivity comparisons over the past decade in t