I am submitting this comment because it relates to agenda item 8.A, Update on the Regional Broadband Project.
In October 2023, I received a postcard about the All Points Broadband fiber project. At that time, it gave the impression that service was finally moving toward reality. Nearly three years later, the work is still not complete, and residents still have very little clear, current information about what is happening.
The timeline has shifted more than once. Residents have seen references to 2025, then 2026, and now some BEAD funded address lookups show fiber availability as late as Q1 2030. If different areas of Frederick County are now on different timelines, residents should be told that clearly.
Reliable high speed internet is critical infrastructure. The lack of it affects thousands of Frederick County residents and limits access to ordinary parts of daily life that now depend on a reliable connection.
I want this project to succeed, but public confidence depends on accountability and clear updates. The County should require All Points Broadband and the Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission to provide plain, regular progress reports that explain what has been completed, what remains unfinished, which locations are serviceable, which locations moved to BEAD funding, and what timeline now applies.
Residents should not have to piece together project status from old mailers, meeting videos, press releases, state dashboards, and documents posted by other counties.
I am submitting this comment because it relates to agenda item 8.A, Update on the Regional Broadband Project.
In October 2023, I received a postcard about the All Points Broadband fiber project. At that time, it gave the impression that service was finally moving toward reality. Nearly three years later, the work is still not complete, and residents still have very little clear, current information about what is happening.
The timeline has shifted more than once. Residents have seen references to 2025, then 2026, and now some BEAD funded address lookups show fiber availability as late as Q1 2030. If different areas of Frederick County are now on different timelines, residents should be told that clearly.
Reliable high speed internet is critical infrastructure. The lack of it affects thousands of Frederick County residents and limits access to ordinary parts of daily life that now depend on a reliable connection.
I want this project to succeed, but public confidence depends on accountability and clear updates. The County should require All Points Broadband and the Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission to provide plain, regular progress reports that explain what has been completed, what remains unfinished, which locations are serviceable, which locations moved to BEAD funding, and what timeline now applies.
Residents should not have to piece together project status from old mailers, meeting videos, press releases, state dashboards, and documents posted by other counties.
Thank you,
Nicolas Haynor
Back Creek District