For immediate release, September 27, 2024
CVFiber reached a milestone yesterday as their 500th customer was connected to fiber-optic high-speed internet in the town of Worcester. Since the ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating their first customer, CVFiber has achieved a huge accomplishment of bringing service to 500 homes and businesses in one year. The focus of their mission is on locations that currently only have access to slow internet or no access at all.
The 500th customers, Karen and Brian Wiseman, owners of Peaceful Harvest Mushrooms, LLC, expressed their appreciation, “As a small business, we have been struggling for years with unbelievably slow internet that we paid a whole lot of money to an enormous corporation every month. What we really need is high-speed, high-quality internet at an affordable price. The fact that CVFiber is a local enterprise and keeps more of our dollars in Vermont makes it even better. A big thank you.”
CVFiber connects with communities in ways other internet businesses aren’t known for. On June 20th, a reception was held in Worcester to provide a forum for residents’ questions about fiber optic technology, the installation process and whatever else was on their minds. “Getting to know our customers personally this way helps us understand their needs better,” says Christa Shute, executive director.
Allen Gilbert, who is the board representative for Worcester, has found that with more people connected to high-speed internet in town, even local meetings have benefited. He reports, “For young families with children in our school, parents find it easier to be involved because meetings can be offered online and they don’t have to leave the house.”
Currently site surveys and installations are continuing apace in parts of Calais, East Montpelier, Middlesex, Worcester, and Woodbury. To find out if any specific location has access, go to cvfiber.net.
About CVFiber: As a community-owned and operated Internet service provider, CVFiber is serving its 20 Central Vermont communities with a unified goal to provide fast, reliable, and world-class internet to every Vermonter within its member towns. In partnership with Waitsfield & Champlain Valley Telecom, which operates the network and interacts with its customers, CVFiber is equipped to meet the growing needs of Vermonters as it expands into new district zones. CVFiber covers the twenty towns of Barre City, Barre Town, Berlin, Cabot, Calais, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Middlesex, Marshfield, Montpelier, Moretown, Northfield, Orange, Plainfield, Roxbury, Washington, Waterbury, Williamstown, Woodbury, and Worcester. CVFiber is part of NEKCV a communications union district covering the CVFiber towns and the 51 towns of NEK Broadband. Learn more at CVFiber’s website.