September 28, 2015

City officials announced Monday that Sanford will build a 32-mile optical fiber broadband network to connect the city to Maine’s “3-Ring Binder” broadband network. The Sanford network will be the largest municipal fiber network in the state, eight times the size of the next largest municipal network in Maine…

The city of Sanford plans to start work next year on the state’s largest municipal broadband network, building a 32-mile extension of fiber-optic cable off the state’s open Three Ring Binder system. The city announced its plan Monday during a regional broadband conference featuring panels about economic impacts of broadband expansion and collaboration between government