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Maine Connectivity Authority

Project Title:
MOOSE (Maine Online Optical Statewide Enabling) Network

Project Purpose/Type:

The Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) and its partners propose to design, build, and operate the MOOSE (Maine Online Optical Statewide Enabling) Network, a new, east-west 531 middle mile fiber optic route that will anchor the State's strategic goal of providing universal broadband access. MOOSE Net will provide a publicly owned backbone, enabling expansion and diversification of internet services otherwise deemed not economically viable by existing market conditions.

State(s):

Maine

Proposed Funding Service Area:
Aroostook, Washington, Franklin, Hancock, Penobscot, Lincoln, Kennebec, Somerset, Cumberland, Waldo, Knox, York, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Oxford, and Piscataquis.

  • $30,016,472.13
    Federal Funding Request
  • $53,353,132.12
    Total Project Cost