Broadband / Internet

August 26, 2024

As of August, construction of the long-awaited municipal broadband network is underway! Hawkeye trucks have been in Somerville and our neighboring town of Washington daily, adding fiber strands to the utility poles and installing service drops into homes.

Because network construction will not be done until sometime after September, we have extended the deadline for signing up for free standard installation of the service drop (the portion of the system that goes from the road into your home) until September 30, 2024. Please call our internet service provider, Axiom, at (207) 271-2801 to set up your internet account before the end of September, if you would like to save on the fiber installation fee, if you haven't yet joined the almost 180 households in town who have already signed up in advance. 

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the Somerville Municipal Broadband Board at SMBB@somervillemaine.org or leave a note at the town office and we'll get back to you. We expect the system to be turned on this fall, as soon as the central office at the Somerville School is finished, the fiber network has been added to all the poles, and all installations to homes and business who signed up by the deadline are completed. It's been a long time coming - thank you for your patience!!

The following rate plans are available:

Year-round customers:

$59.99/mo. for 100/100Mbps

$64.99/mo. for 250/250

$109.99/mo. for 500/500

$129.99/mo. for 1/1Gbps

Seasonal customers (6 months service, paid annually):

$611.99/year for 100/100

$662.99/year for 250/250

$1121.99/year for 500/500

$1325.99/year for 1G/1G