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Ulster County wants to hear about voids in broadband service

Dec 29, 2022 12:30 am

Mid-Hudson News reports that Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher is urging residents of that county to let officials know about voids in broadband service before billions in federal and state funding are distributed to fill the areas where the network is lacking. The Federal Communications Commission has created a map, which is out for public review, showing areas not served by broadband service and Gallagher would like residents to participate in the process. “We want to make sure that anything that is not represented appropriately in the map that we file a challenge for it,” she said. “Ulster County is going to be filing a bulk challenge, but we also heard that it is important to have individuals and businesses, individual property owners, file their own challenge. So, we are hoping that people will take a look at the map and file a challenge if the federal government doesn’t have their broadband status correct.” Gallagher has created a county Citizens Commission for Digital Inclusion that had identified more than 1,100 properties not served by broadband and wants to ensure they are in the federal report. Read the full story at Mid-Hudson News [dot] com.