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Telecommunications Statistics

The Vermont Telecommunications Plan contains extensive statistical and analytical information about the telecommunications landscape in Vermont. A small sample of the information available there is presented below.

 

Percent of households with telephone service

 
1984
1997
2000
2002
Vermont
92.5%
93.9%
95.6%
98.0%
US Average
91.8%
94.0%
94.5%
95.5%
VT-Low income households*
75.3%
84.6%
92.9%
94.9%
US-Low income households*
80.1%
86.0%
87.5%
89.1%

*Defined as households with less than $10K in 1984 dollars or $17,427 in 2002 dollars.

Source: FCC, Telephone Penetration by Income by State, 2003

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Incumbent telephone company prices for local service as of the end of 2003

 
LMS Rate (Cents/Mins of Use)
Dial Tone Local Rates with Touch Tone
Local Usage Caps
 
Home Exchange
Extended Area Service
Company Peak Off-Peak Peak Off-Peak Residential Business Residential Business
Verizon
2.2
0.5
2.2
0.5
$13.15
$32.00
$26.25
$43.27
VTel
2.2
0.5
2.2
0.5
$12.70
$23.25
$25.00
$35.00
Fairpoint
1.0
0.5
2.5
0.5
$13.20
$23.65
$24.00
$38.00
WCVT**
1.0
0.5
2.2
1.0
$13.40
$26.40
$28.00
$38.00
Shoreham
2.0
0.5
3.5
0.5
$14.95
$25.30
$30.00
$30.00
Topsham
0.0
0.0
3.5
1.5
$11.35
$18.10
N/A
N/A
Franklin
0.0
0.0
3.0
1.0
$10.00
$18.00
N/A
N/A
TDS Northfield
TDS has declining rate structure, 300 mins or less, no chg; 301-600 2.5 cents; 601-901 1.5 cents; 901+ .05 cents
$14.90
$23.65
N/A
N/A
TDS Ludlow
$12.90
$21.65
N/A
N/A
TDS Perkinsville
12.90
$21.65
N/A
N/A

Note: Dial tone rates do not include mileage charges, where applicable. Residential caps are in addition to dial tone rates. Residential rates reflect rate with lowest level of included local usage. These prices represent the lowest cost basic exchange services offered by each company. Several of the companies also offer other service packages with higher monthly charges in exchange for unlimited quantities of local usage.

**In the Waitsfield exchange, the business local usage cap is $62.

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Computer-owning households

 
% of households with a computer
 
Vermont
U.S.
1998
48.7
42.1
2000
53.7
51.0
2001
60.4
56.5
Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NTIA "Falling through the net"/ "A Nation Online" series.

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Internet connected households

 
% of households with internet service
 
Vermont
U.S.
1998
31.8
26.2
2000
46.7
41.5
2001
53.4
50.5
Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NTIA "Falling through the net"/ "A Nation Online" series.

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Broadband households

% of households with broadband service
Vermont
U.S.
17
22
Source: BusinessWeek, "The E-Biz Surprise," May 12, 2003, p. 68; PSD Nov. 2003 residential telephone survey.

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