Princeton marks completion of broadband access
Photo | Courtesy | State of Massachusetts
Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at an event in Princeton.
For years, even as Boston became a hub for high-tech companies, Princeton and other smaller towns in Central and Western Massachusetts missed out. They lacked high-speed broadband internet, making connections slower and less reliable for businesses and residents.
Now, finally, Princeton has its broadband.
Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito visited the town Thursday with town officials and executives from Charter Communications to mark the completion of a new broadband network. A roundtable discussion included testimony from small businessowners about the benefits of getting high-speed internet connections.
Princeton's broadband network, completed last year, was put in place through the help of the state' Last Mile program. The Massachusetts Broadband Institute, a state agency that aims to bring high-speed internet to rural Massachusetts towns lacking it, gave more than $1 million to Charter and the town to install the broadband connection.
Since 2016, the program has invested more than $41 million.
Another small Central Massachusetts town without broadband internet, New Braintree, agreed this week to work with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute and the Last Mile program to create a plan to give the town high-speed access. With that milestone, all 53 communities in the Last Mile program have either completed a project, have one under construction or have plans in place, the state said Thursday.
Petersham and Royalston are also in the Last Mile program.
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