FY2025 Municipal Fiber Grant Awards
| Municipality | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amherst | $160,837 | Completing the installation of a fiber ring, creating a redundant path |
| Andover | $234,213 | Upgrading the Town's Fiber Optic Municipal Area Network (FMAN) to a physically diverse core ring topology |
| Ashland | $ 90,978 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Bellingham | $ 96,523 | Equipping a Town-owned Water Tower with fiber connections in order to install the receiver site equipment, which is essential for bringing signals back to the comparator at the Police Station |
| Brookline | $ 35,913 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Charlton | $ 73,915 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Dighton | $180,710 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Framingham | $231,429 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Georgetown | $250,000 | Implementing a hub and spoke design across all town locations |
| Lexington | $250,000 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Lincoln | $196,650 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Lowell | $130,991 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Lynnfield | $249,865 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Marblehead | $ 89,792 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Mattapoisett | $172,970 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Medway | $247,259 | Construction of a redundant municipal fiber network |
| Middleborough | $167,325 | Installation of a 10GB fiber connection |
| Milton | $250,000 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Northampton | $250,000 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Northborough | $235,344 | Creation of a fiber optic cable ring closure |
| Oak Bluffs | $150,814 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Pembroke | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Plymouth | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Quincy | $250,000 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Rehoboth | $219,635 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Rochester | $236,271 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Saugus | $250,000 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Somerset | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Springfield | $250,000 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Sterling | $194,584 | Adding redundancy to the town's existing municipal fiber network |
| Stoneham | $186,017 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Stow | $135,002 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Sutton | $176,120 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Swansea | $250,000 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Townsend | $109,621 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Wakefield | $181,882 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Wellfleet | $200,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| West Stockbridge | $ 55,699 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| West Tisbury | $250,000 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
FY2024 Municipal Fiber Grant Awards
| Municipality | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acushnet | $229,848 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Belmont | $250,000 | Creating a fiber ring to connect network hubs and several municipal buildings |
| Brewster | $194,109 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Bridgewater | $169,000 | Extending the existing municipal fiber network infrastructure |
| Cohasset | $220,014 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Danvers | $500,000 | Creating redundancy between the North Shore IT Collaborative network and the Cape Ann network |
| Dover | $202,168 | Connecting three existing radio sites in the town of Dover with fiber cable |
| Easthampton | $250,000 | Extending the municipal fiber optic network to include all city water wells and tanks |
| Falmouth | $203,458 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Grafton | $27,000 | Installing WiFi hotspots in four public parks in Grafton that are connected to the FMAN - the Town's municipal fiber optic network |
| Great Barrington | $250,000 | Installing fiber optic cable primarily along Route 183 (Stockbridge Road and Park Street) into the Village of Housatonic |
| Harwich | $194,107 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Hudson | $192,732 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Ipswich | $250,000 | Closing the existing Fiber Loop |
| Lawrence | $250,000 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Littleton | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Marlborough | $237,319 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Medford | $191,470 | Creating a city-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| New Bedford | $141,048 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| New Salem | $92,020 | Increasing the reliability of the municipal fiber networks owned by the towns of New Salem and Wendell by implementing a new network design for backhaul connections |
| Oakham | $172,075 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Orleans | $250,000 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Pittsfield | $227,025 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Reading | $139,987 | Increasing the fiber strand count in the most constrained portion of the network |
| Rockport | $250,000 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Rutland | $169,835 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Salem | $175,602 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Sandwich | $238,653 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Scituate | $250,000 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Seekonk | $168,597 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Southbridge | $250,000 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Southwick | $250,000 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Taunton | $242,698 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Tewksbury | $190,000 | Upgrading the existing 1gb municipal fiber network to 40gb |
| Truro | $250,000 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Tyngsborough | $156,741 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Watertown | $168,834 | Connecting one outstanding city location and complete a redundant fiber ring supporting critical locations and services |
| West Boylston | $151,131 | Connecting various municipal facilities to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Westborough | $19,920 | Connecting a municipal facility to the existing municipal fiber network |
| Westport | $250,000 | Adding a fiber ring to extend the town's existing municipal fiber network |
| Weymouth | $250,000 | Adding redundancy to the town's existing municipal fiber network |
| Winthrop | $237,481 | Extending the existing municipal fiber network infrastructure |
| Yarmouth | $236,151 | Replacing Yarmouth's outdated and failing iNet infrastructure |
FY2023 Municipal Fiber Grant Awards
| Municipality | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ashland | $92,906 | Connecting a remote municipal water pumping station to the municipal fiber network |
| Avon | $158,460 | Constructing a dedicated fiber network of eleven (11) water supply, treatment, and storage facilities |
| Bedford | $200,000 | Installation of fiber optic lines to sewer pump stations, water interconnection vaults and water tank |
| Belchertown | $185,030 | Installation of a redundant fiber loop to public safety buildings |
| Berkley | $200,000 | Connecting facilities to fiber netowrk |
| Boylston | $335,000 | Upgrading the broadband infrastructure in Berlin, Boylston and the Tahanto Regional HS |
| Eastham | $78,000 | Addition of the T-Time Property and the Town Center Plaza Project to the Town's network |
| Freetown | $335,000 | Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network |
| Gardner | $200,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure connection with the Senior Center |
| Hanover | $200,000 | Connecting all Hanover Public School buildings and Town Hall |
| Leominster | $200,000 | Connecting ten remote sites |
| Methuen | $137,706 | Constructing an additional fiber line connecting the Police Department building and the Fire Department building |
| Middleton | $335,000 | Implementing redundancy to the North Shore fiber optic network |
| Oxford | $20,000 | Extension to the new concession stand at Ruel Field |
| Peabody | $200,000 | Construction of a closed fiber network |
| Plymouth | $200,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Stoneham | $176,355 | Replacing the existing 1-Gig network with a new 10-Gig network |
| Townsend | $173,384 | Installing a cascade star topology fiber optic wide area network (WAN) |
| Wellfleet | $200,000 | Extension of network to cover currently unserved beach zones |
| Whitman | $182,005 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Winchendon | $189,350 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
FY2022 Municipal Fiber Grant Awards
| Municipality | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acushnet | $250,000 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Amherst | $295,925 | Extension of the existing municipal fiber network |
| Andover | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's fiber network to water distribution system pumping stations |
| Bellingham | $65,589 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Bourne | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Bridgewater | $17,466 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Brockton | $250,000 | Replacement of the city's current municipal fiber optic network |
| Brookline | $51,889 | Expansion of the town's fiber optic infrastructure |
| Canton | $47,500 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Chelsea | $204,250 | Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network |
| Colrain | $400,000 | Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network for the towns of Colrain, Charlemont, Heath, Leyden and Rowe |
| Dalton | $60,844 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Danvers | $300,000 | Installation high speed fiber connections throughout seven of the towns in Essex county |
| Dennis | $250,000 | Replacement of the town's current fiber optic municipal area network |
| Dighton | $201,124 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Dover | $113,274 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| East Longmeadow | $159,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Easthampton | $250,000 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Easton | $129,030 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Egremont | $12,493 | Extension of its existing municipal fiber network |
| Fairhaven | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Foxborough | $139,630 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Gloucester | $459,672 | Creation of an interconnected network of municipalities across eastern Essex County |
| Groveland | $47,500 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Hamilton | $46,550 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Hampden | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's fiber infrastructure |
| Holbrook | $186,274 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Holliston | $185,855 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Ipswich | $250,000 | Replacement of its existing fiber infrastructure |
| Kingston | $250,000 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Lakeville | $168,876 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Lexington | $250,000 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Littleton | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Lynnfield | $250,000 | Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network |
| Marlborough | $219,982 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Marshfield | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Mashpee | $231,969 | Connection of additional town own assets to the OpenCape RWAN fiber network |
| Mattapoisett | $154,043 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Melrose | $237,500 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber infrastructure |
| Middleborough | $99,247 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Millis | $133,475 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Nantucket | $91,067 | Creation of a redundant fiber network |
| New Salem | $12,730 | Installation of environmental and security monitoring equipment for the New Salem Municipal Light Plant’s fiber network |
| Newbury | $250,000 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Norfolk | $98,289 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| North Andover | $15,561 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Northampton | $250,000 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber infrastructure |
| Northbridge | $202,892 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Oak Bluffs | $133,875 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Pepperell | $250,000 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Pittsfield | $205,089 | Expansion of the city's existing fiber infrastructure |
| Provincetown | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's municipal airport fiber optic infrastructure |
| Raynham | $250,000 | Expansion of the Taunton Municipal Light Plant's fiber network into the town |
| Reading | $192,233 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Rowley | $80,426 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Salisbury | $16,030 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Scituate | $250,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Spencer | $250,000 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Sterling | $137,276 | Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network |
| Sturbridge | $212,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Sutton | $200,000 | Completion of the Sutton Fiber Network |
| Taunton | $190,000 | Expansion of the Taunton Water Department's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Upton | $237,500 | Expansion of the Mendon-Upton Regional School District's existing fiber optic infrastructure to town assets |
| Wareham | $195,700 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Washington | $244,000 | Creation of a redundant fiber network for the towns of Becket, Blandford, Otis, and Washington |
| Watertown | $248,125 | Creation of a new municipal fiber network |
| Wayland | $160,000 | Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network |
| Westborough | $7,500 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Westford | $19,000 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |
| Westport | $241,450 | Creation of a new municipal network and establishment of partial network redundancy |
| Worcester | $237,500 | Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure |