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DURHAM, N.H. — A decades-long project to expand broadband access and create a reliable communications channel for first responders during a mass emergency is making progress.
Construction of FirstNet started about 5 years ago in New Hampshire.
On Tuesday, the leadership of this nationwide public-private partnership met in Durham on the University of New Hampshire campus.
So far, 180 New Hampshire cities and towns have been added to First-Net coverage.
“And we’ve put 63 cell towers up that no carrier would build to before because they were in rural areas, mountainous areas,” said Jason Porter, AT&T president of public sector…
