Northwest Fiberworx Receives $20.2M for Construction Grant

June 24, 2024 SAINT ALBANS, VT – The Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) on May 13 awarded Northwest Vermont Communications Union District d/b/a Northwest Fiberworx (NWFX) a $20.2 million ARPA grant that will allow the Franklin/Grand Isle County company to begin building out a fiber internet network. Northwest Fiberworx is a nonprofit special purpose municipality that has 22 member towns …

ECFiber Bonds Gain Rating from S&P

November 8, 2023 SOUTH ROYALTON, VERMONT: ECFiber, Vermont’s first communications union district, has obtained a BB rating for its 2023 Series A bonds from S&P Global, the nation’s preeminent credit rating agency. “This is a historic moment,” said Stan Williams, ECFiber’s municipal finance advisor and widely regarded as the architect of Vermont’s Communications Union District (CUD) model. “For the first time, …

Great Works Internet Reorganizes Key Executive Staff Members

11/7/23 Biddeford, Maine– Biddeford Internet Corporation d.b.a GWI, a Maine Benefit Corporation, a premier provider in fiber-optic internet service, and the state’s first B Corporation certified Internet Service Provider (ISP), is pleased to announce that Kerem Durdag has become the Company’s CEO and Fletcher Kittredge, GWI’s founder and former CEO, moves into the roles of Chief Strategy Officer and Vice …

Great Works Internet Receives Investment from Mac Mountain to Expand Fiber-Optic Networks in New England

Biddeford, Maine- 10/18/2023. Biddeford Internet Corporation d.b.a GWI, a Maine Benefit Corporation, a premier provider in fiber-optic internet service, and the state’s first B Corporation certified Internet Service Provider (ISP), is pleased to announce an investment from Mac Mountain, a privately held Vermont company focused on rural broadband infrastructure, to grow its business: designing, building and operating high-speed, sustainable, fiber-optic …

GWI to Begin Construction of Fiber Broadband Networks in Maine’s Katahdin Region

Biddeford, Maine– Biddeford Internet Corporation d.b.a. GWI, Maine’s premier provider in fiber-optic internet service and the state’s first B Corporation certified Internet Service Provider (ISP), proudly announced today that they will be beginning construction on the new fiber-based broadband networks to the the Katahdin region towns of Millinocket, East Millinocket, and Medway.   The project is made possible through a trusted …

GWI to Begin Construction of Fiber Broadband Network in Belfast, Maine

Biddeford, Maine- Biddeford Internet Corporation d.b.a. GWI, Maine’s premier provider in fiber-optic internet service and the state’s first B Corporation certified Internet Service Provider (ISP), proudly announced today that they will be beginning construction on the new fiber-based broadband network in the city of Belfast, Maine. The project is made possible through a trusted partnership between GWI and Arctaris Impact …

ValleyNet Transfers Operating Responsibilities of ECFiber to GWI Vermont

Royalton, Vermont- ValleyNet proudly announced today that they have transferred all of their staff and operating responsibilities to GWI Vermont in an undertaking that was years in the making. The recently formed GWI Vermont is a subsidiary of Biddeford Internet Corporation, d.b.a GWI.  GWI, based out of Biddeford, Maine, founded in 1994, is a benefit corporation  and was the nation’s …