FairPoint gets on the broadband grant train - FierceTelecom

FairPoint may continue to struggle with operational and financial issues in its New England markets, but the service provider believes it could help extend broadband access to regions that have little, if any, broadband service.

The beleaguered service provider last week applied for $38 million in federal grants to enhance broadband service capabilities in the region. To date, FairPoint has filed five applications in New England in the first of three rounds of the $7.4 billion Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) and Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP)...