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Committee raises concerns that Bass River bridge conduit plan favors single provider; urges challenge testing for broadband maps
Summary
Committee members urged residents and businesses to run official speed tests for a statewide broadband challenge and flagged bid drawings for the Bass River bridge that appear to allocate conduit only to Verizon, raising concerns about future‑proofing for multiple providers.
Speaker 2 (committee member) asked the committee and public to run broadband speed tests at fixcapeinternet.com and to submit challenge data for the Mass Broadband Institute process, explaining that federal broadband maps rely on ISP‑reported FCC data and undercounting can divert buildout funding to other regions.
Speaker 2 also said the recent Bass River…
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