Fidium Fiber is promising to deliver gigabit-speed internet to communities like Dorset in Bennington County as fiber optic line becomes available in rural parts of the state

Fidium Fiber will install fiber optic cables in this area of Franklin County over the coming weeks so that households and businesses may have the choice of using this service.

Residents and business owners in Jay, Livermore Falls, Wilton and parts of Dixfield, Fayette and Chesterville will have access to multi-gigabit, symmetrical internet service from Fidium fiber in 2024.

Bennington County became one of the first counties in Vermont where universal broadband access is within reach. The Southern Vermont Communications Union District and Fidium Fiber held a ceremony at Bromley Mountain on Aug. 8 to mark the moment.

Eric Hatch, SoVT CUD chairman joined Cat Viglienzoni (WCAX) to discuss how his CUD will be the first in the state to reach universal service coverage this November. and what it means for Vermonters.

"They said it couldn't be done. They didn't know Southwestern Vermont." That's how U.S. Sen. Peter Welch summed up the results being celebrated Tuesday at Bromley Mountain by the Southern Vermont Communications Union District and Consolidated Communications Inc.