Recent Fidium Fiber expansion in Colchester, Vt. has lowered the state's last count of "unserved" and "underserved" addresses in Colchester by 35%, leaving 66 addresses remaining "unserved" or "underserved."

More than 11,000 homes and businesses in the Skowhegan area now have access to faster internet, thanks to an $8.8 million grant funded in part by federal dollars.

Eagle Lake will be getting a special distinction on Wednesday.

The city will soon be designated as a Gig Town.

A "Gig Town" event will be held Nov. 15 in Eagle Lake to celebrate the community's connection to high-speed fiber internet access.

Attendees at this breakfast organized by the Chamber of Commerce offices in Charleston and Mattoon also heard from Consolidated Communications that 100% of locations within the city limits of those two communities and Oakland now have access to 2G fiberoptic highspeed internet service.

Fidium Fiber recently expanded multi-gig speed fiber-optic broadband coverage to addresses in Essex Junction, Essex Town and Colchester, as well as to Williston.