MBI's Advocacy Efforts

Broadband Mapping Presentation, March 23, 2009: Commissioner Sharon Gillett made a presentation on broadband mapping before the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, part of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. View the slides >>

On March 19, 2009 this presentation, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Broadband Funding: Opportunities and Guidance, was given to outline the broadband stimulus funding. View the slides >>

Joint Response from VT Dep't of Public Service, MBI, and Mass DTC: Joint comments of the Vermont Department of Public Service, the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, and the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable filed in response to the joint request for information issued by the NTIA and RUS and printed in the Federal Register on March 12, 2009. These joint comments address specific questions issued by the NTIA and include general information about broadband in Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts. View here>>

On March 11, 2009 the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable drafted a preliminary response to the call for feedback from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. Download the response >>