New Hampshire’s $90 Million Broadband Build Passes Halfway Mark

Jan. 14, 2025 – New Hampshire has connected 28,000 new addresses with funding provided by the Capital Projects Fund run by the U.S. Treasury, the state's Department of Business and Economic Affairs announced on Monday.

BEA Commissioner Taylor Caswell called it an “historic investment” with “significant” results. As of December 2024, “well over 1,000 miles of fiber was installed, much of it in rural towns,” with a few exceptions, Caswell said.

The state was given $90 million in 2022 to expand fiber optic access to 48,016 homes and businesses in unserved and underserved communities. The expansion covers 115 municipalities.