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This week, Fidium will begin construction on the final phase of Lamoille FiberNet’s Universal Service Plan. Funded by a Vermont Community Broadband Board grant and Consolidated Communications, the project will bring high-speed fiber internet services to more areas of Elmore, Hyde Park, Wolcott, Stowe and Morristown.

If you’re going to order Fidium Fiber, and the distance from your home or business to the pole/pedestal (i.e., the “drop”) is long, the cost of running fiber that distance can be a barrier to adopting broadband internet service. You can apply to Lamoille FiberNet’s Long Drop Program for funding to offset the long drop cost -- deadline is 3/31/25.

Bringing fiber internet to a home or business from the distribution network (e.g., the pole at the end of the driveway) is called a “drop.” The cost of non-standard or long “drops” can be a barrier to adopting broadband internet service. To help residents and businesses afford to connect to Fidium’s newly constructed fiber services, Lamoille FiberNet Communications Union District created a Long Drop Program -- deadline is 3/31/25.