Mount Desert Conducting Town-wide Broadband Audit
February 24, 2022
Contact: Durlin Lunt, Town Manager
Phone: 207-276-5531
Email: manager@mtdesert.org
Website: https://www.mtdesert.org/broadband-committee
Mount Desert Conducting Town-wide Broadband Audit
Mount Desert, ME - The Town of Mount Desert has contracted Casco Bay Advisors, LLC to do detailed data collection and analysis to determine the current status of high-speed broadband services across Town. This effort will result in a comprehensive report designed to support the Town’s goal for everyone to have access to reliable, affordable, high-speed, and future-ready internet service. The final report will also recommend strategies and related costs for filling gaps and availability, recommended sources of funding to implement those strategies, and the data and information to support those findings.
A crew from Casco Bay Advisors drove along all the roads and driveways across Town to identify each dwelling or commercial building and what services, if any, they currently have in place for internet access. Residents may have seen a Chevy pickup truck with a flashing light on top used by the firm to do this audit.
The Town Broadband Committee will be working with these consultants and Town staff to determine the next steps towards the ultimate goal of universal coverage.