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Worcester County updates broadband rollout; ISPs report most project areas near completion
Summary
County IT director said major ISP projects have progressed and several grant-funded buildouts are complete; remaining gaps include Route 113 corridor and easement issues on Route 113/State rights-of-way.
Brian Jones, the county's director of information technology, briefed the Worcester County Commissioners on May 6 on progress toward ‘‘broadband to every home’’ and summarized reports from Internet service providers working in the county.
Jones said some grant-funded builds are finished and customers are being connected. ‘‘Choptank...have completed the OSP grant from FY23 for the Germantown area outside Berlin,’’ Jones said, and a transfer of equipment from a prior provider has left several areas ‘‘lit and active.’’ He told commissioners that most remaining Choptank construction is the FY24 portion (Taylor Landing, Girdle Tree, Box Iron) and that many of those areas already are serving customers despite maps…
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