Lancaster County broadband authority: VADI work complete; public commenter seeks fiber, housing for small tech projects

A public commenter asked the Lancaster County Broadband Authority on Wednesday for clearer information about where high‑speed fiber is actually available and whether the county could host small technology training projects for high‑school and university interns.

The comment came as authority members said construction tied to a state VADI grant (part of efforts to bring broadband to unserved addresses) is essentially complete and that federal BEAD funding remains pending. Authority members said All Points Broadband (APB) finished the VADI deployment in November 2024 and that 2,161 addresses were included in that grant, but APB cannot offer service beyond that approved list until state signoff is complete.

The public commenter identified himself as David Linoverby and said he is looking for a place to locate small projects and “hire like young interns, high school or university age” for AI‑application work. “We need fiber, internet and we need to know what the vector is for, what the plan is for housing and for distribution of Internet,” Linoverby said.

Lynn Overby, speaking on behalf of the authority, said the Lancaster County…