{"id":28157,"date":"2025-07-28T19:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/28157\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:03:10","slug":"community-network-in-arrowsic-maine-aims-to-weather-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/28157\/","title":{"rendered":"Community network in Arrowsic, Maine aims to weather competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews<br \/>\nThe Maine town of Arrowsic\u2019s community-owned broadband network is facing potential strain amidst new competition.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.noahwire.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Wire Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the small town of Arrowsic, Maine, the arrival of a major broadband provider has sparked tensions with advocates for the community\u2019s locally built internet network.<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/themainemonitor.org\/arrowsic-broadband-challenge-fidium-fiber-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">report by The Maine Monitor<\/a> details the conflict, which pits The Arrowsic Broadband Authority against Fidium Fiber, a subsidiary of Consolidated Communications.<\/p>\n<p>The Arrowsic Broadband Authority provides broadband to the town\u2019s approximately 500 residents, as The Maine Monitor reports. However, several months ago, the town\u2019s residents reportedly received mailers from Fidium Fiber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbcmag.com\/nominations-have-opened-for-our-2025-multifamily-top-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-26539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MF-Top-100-1024x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"120\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Fidium offered broadband at a price significantly lower than the town\u2019s pricing.<\/p>\n<p>A local broadband commissioner was quoted in the report, warning that The Arrowsic Broadband Authority is \u201cliterally on the edge of maintaining that network because we have such a small customer base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fidiumfiber.com\/news\/fidium-fiber-helps-bridge-connectivity-gap-in-maine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fidium Fiber has rapidly expanded across Maine<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the company expanded access to over 294,000 homes and businesses in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Total Telecom is trialing AI tools for content generation. Please flag any errors!<\/p>\n<p>Get content like this delivered to your inbox.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bbcmag.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Also, subscribe to the Broadband Communities newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News The Maine town of Arrowsic\u2019s community-owned broadband network is facing potential strain amidst new competition. Source:\u00a0Noah Wire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[64,63,237,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-28157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-internet","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}