Yahoo News: Aquidneck Island to seek ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity for broadband infrastructure

NEWPORT — The city will team up with Middletown and Portsmouth to put together an application to the state for broadband infrastructure funding.

“We’ll be presenting to the City Council pretty soon a recommendation to hire a consultant to assist us with middle-mile issues,” said City Manager Joseph J. Nicholson Jr. “Parallel to that is the state’s completion of a mapping plan for broadband.”

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