> At stake in the state's project [of having an Vermont Department of Public Service employee drive around the state for six weeks taking download speed tests]

> At stake in the state's project [of having an Vermont Department of Public Service employee drive around the state for six weeks taking download speed tests] is potentially millions of dollars in federal money. The FCC has $4.53 billion available to use around the country. > "What we were looking at was being almost completely foreclosed from any of it because our state was considered nearly completely covered with 4G LTE service," [Clay] Purvis, [the state's telecommunications director] said. "And now we've opened up a significant amount of that space."