VTel is hosting a ribbon cutting event on July 1in Hardwick to announce the official launch of its statewide, high-speed wireless network, and to share other VTel technology developments with the public. The broadband wireless project will reachmore than 20,000 homes and businesses across the state using 4G/LTE. Among other services, VTel will discuss itsfiber-to-the-home project, which is bringing the fastest Internet in America to over 17,000 homes and businesses in rural Vermont; VTel states it has the lowest rates in the country for this service.
VTel Wireless
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On July 1st, we will commercially launch our high-speed wireless broadband service in towns across Vermont, reaching more than 20,000 homes and businesses across the state. We will continue to bring more towers online every week between now and next summer.
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We are the first 100% 4G/LTE carrier in America, bringing the most advanced technology in the world to Vermont.
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We have partnered with one of America's major wireless carriers, and are leveraging their technology to be able to offer unprecedented broadband speeds over wireless. We will unveil additional details about our partnership at the ribbon cutting.
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Our network will provide connectivity for Green Mountain Power's statewide SmartGrid network, one of the first examples of this type of partnership in America.
VTel Fiber-to-the-Home
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Our fiber-to-the-home project is bringing the fastest Internet in America to over 17,000 homes and businesses in rural Vermont.
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Our pricing for Gigabit Fiber is the lowest in the country.
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Our broadband adoption rate for Internet amongst VTel customers with fiber is over 83%, among the highest in the world.
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Ookla ranks VTel's download speeds #1 in Vermont, at over twice next ranked speed, and over four times the national average, dramatically raising the state average as a whole.
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Our state-of-the-art video head-end offers hundreds of channels of video over IPTV - the robust new standard of video delivery.
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We offer high-definition voice calling to all VTel telephone customers, at no additional cost.
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Our partnership with Google has provided us with over 400 Chromebooks to distribute to economically challenged households and first-time Internet users in Vermont.
Event highlights will include:
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Free VTel goodie bags
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Free food and drinks featuring locally-produced products from the Vermont Food Venture Center and the Hardwick Village Market
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Demonstrations of VTel Wireless services available today:
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High-speed wireless Internet with download speeds of up to 50mbps available at fixed locations
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Exciting applications for wireless services, including medical and agricultural monitoring programs
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Demonstrations of VTel Wireless services that will be available in the near-term (late 2014/early 2015)
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High-definition mobile phone service
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Speeds of 100mbps+, for both mobile and fixed devices, available in late 2014 in select towns across Vermont
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Literature describing wireless pricing and plans
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Announcement about an exciting partnership between VTel Wireless and a major US cellular carrier, including demos of data speeds that this partnership will facilitate
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Demo of VTel's fiber-to-the home products (services available only in VTel's ILEC territory)
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1 Gig Internet speeds
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High-definition voice service
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VTelevision
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Demo of our integrated network, highlighting how fiber and wireless work together
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The event will be televised, with a live video broadcasting of the ribbon cutting streamed over a wireless signal, to a VTelevision channel and watched by viewers in Springfield, Vermont
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