ATTENTION
Do you live in Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Deer Isle, Penobscot, Sedgwick or Stonington?
CCI Services No Longer Available: 1. DSL on 2 Feb '25 and 2. Traditional Phone on 4 Mar '25
DSL is replaced by Fidium Fiber and Phone lines with Voice Over Internet (VOIP) through Fidium
(see What's Happening for more details)
Do you live in Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Deer Isle, Penobscot, Sedgwick or Stonington?
CCI Services No Longer Available: 1. DSL on 2 Feb '25 and 2. Traditional Phone on 4 Mar '25
DSL is replaced by Fidium Fiber and Phone lines with Voice Over Internet (VOIP) through Fidium
(see What's Happening for more details)
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Fidium Fiber
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In ORLAND
The Maine Connectivity Authority Board (MCA) awarded $1,886,241 from the Connect The Ready: Cohort 2 grant to Consolidated Communications, Inc. (DBA Fidium Fiber), bringing affordable fiber based internet for all residents of Orland in 2025. Fidium is available to all in Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Deer Isle, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Stonington and most of Surry. 1. Newbury Neck & Toddy Pond (east) have Premium Choice (parts have both). 2. Fidium has up to 2,000 Mbps vs. Premium Choice's max capacity of 300 Mbps - at ~1/2 the cost. |
Got STARLINK? Want to
get rid of your equipment? Ensure it's properly configured per give IT get IT. CONTACT Christa Thorpe, Community Development Officer [email protected] - Cell: (207) 350-9185|Office: (207) 614-0729 or Contact give IT get IT |
Things to know:
1. What is WI-FI? - Select the Link to find out.
2. Did you know STARLINK does not provide Broadband? - FCC's definition of Broadband is 100Mbps Download/20Mbps Upload. In Maine it's 100/100. STARLINK and any over the air service is unable to provide Broadband.
3. Did you know that SPECTRUM cannot provide symmetrical service (i.e. 100/100Mbps) over their copper based cables? - Fiber is the only medium that is able to do that!
4. Do you have poor cellular service at home? - Use the WIFI Calling option under Cellular Settings (specifically with FIDIUM) and your poor service is gone!
1. What is WI-FI? - Select the Link to find out.
2. Did you know STARLINK does not provide Broadband? - FCC's definition of Broadband is 100Mbps Download/20Mbps Upload. In Maine it's 100/100. STARLINK and any over the air service is unable to provide Broadband.
3. Did you know that SPECTRUM cannot provide symmetrical service (i.e. 100/100Mbps) over their copper based cables? - Fiber is the only medium that is able to do that!
4. Do you have poor cellular service at home? - Use the WIFI Calling option under Cellular Settings (specifically with FIDIUM) and your poor service is gone!
MISSION STATEMENT
Peninsula Broadband for All
The Peninsula Utility for Broadband (PUB) advocates for fast, flexible, affordable and reliable internet to incentivize business, support schools, advance the quality of healthcare, connect homes and facilitate long term education and socialization of our rural communities.
THE PUB
The Peninsula Utility for Broadband (PUB) is a coalition of town working groups that seeks to enhance the quality of life and develop opportunities in education, health care and job creation through significantly improved Internet built to address today, and more specifically, the future. The PUB now represents all towns on the Blue Hill Peninsula and Deer Isle/Stonington to include: Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Deer Isle, Orland, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Stonington and Surry.
We meet monthly to share information and discuss opportunities for the Peninsula-wide and Island communities, with collaboration to more effectively work common issues and coordinate meeting attendance, consolidate resource documentation, share planning development and insights, as well as lessons learned from the group and others.
The PUB's focus is on synergizing efforts of the communities represented, as well as the efforts of other state and national groups working toward the same or similar goals. Each committee/working group and their associated town will educate and advocate Broadband/Internet service, which is affordable and available to all.
synergizing = combine or coordinate the activity of (two or more agents) to produce a joint effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
We meet monthly to share information and discuss opportunities for the Peninsula-wide and Island communities, with collaboration to more effectively work common issues and coordinate meeting attendance, consolidate resource documentation, share planning development and insights, as well as lessons learned from the group and others.
The PUB's focus is on synergizing efforts of the communities represented, as well as the efforts of other state and national groups working toward the same or similar goals. Each committee/working group and their associated town will educate and advocate Broadband/Internet service, which is affordable and available to all.
synergizing = combine or coordinate the activity of (two or more agents) to produce a joint effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.