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Local broadband internet efforts buffering

You can hope the hard work getting you faster internet in your Door County community will pay off over the coming months.

 

Of the 194 grant applications announced by the Wisconsin Broadband Office earlier in March, three originated in Door County, and two came from Kewaunee County. In Door County, the Town of Baileys Harbor and NSight Communications requested approximately $1.89 million, while a different Northern Door County project proposed by Frontier Communications asked for $4.7 million. Spectrum also requested $6.8 million in broadband expansion grant dollars.

 

Door County recently announced the hiring of Jessica Hatch for its broadband coordinator position. She will be in charge of working with municipalities to write grants and achieve the county’s goal of increasing broadband internet availability. Door County Administrator Ken Pabich is happy with the progress they have made over the last two months.


Pabich says while there is still plenty of work to be done, knowing the status of their broadband expansion grants will help progress even further. The state will not be releasing the recipient of those dollars for another two months.

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