Telecom Plan and Statistics
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Phone Households ♦ Phone Company Rates ♦ Computer Households ♦ Internet Households ♦ Broadband Households
The Vermont Telecommunications Almanac is a subsection of the Telecom Plan that is updated every three years. It contains extensive statistical and analytical information about the telecommunications landscape in Vermont. A small sample of the information available in the Almanac is presented below.
Percent of Households with Telephone Service
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1984
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1997
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2000
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2002
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| Vermont |
92.5%
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93.9%
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95.6%
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98.0%
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| US Average |
91.8%
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94.0%
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94.5%
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95.5%
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| VT-Low income households* |
75.3%
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84.6%
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92.9%
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94.9%
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| US-Low income households* |
80.1%
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86.0%
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87.5%
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89.1%
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*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 end of 2003)
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LMS Rate (Cents/Mins of Use)
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Dial Tone Local Rates with Touch Tone
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Local Usage Caps
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Home Exchange
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Extended Area Service
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| Company | Peak | Off-Peak | Peak | Off-Peak | Residential | Business | Residential | Business |
| Verizon |
2.2
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0.5
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2.2
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0.5
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$13.15
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$32.00
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$26.25
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$43.27
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| VTel |
2.2
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0.5
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2.2
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0.5
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$12.70
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$23.25
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$25.00
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$35.00
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| Fairpoint |
1.0
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0.5
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2.5
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0.5
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$13.20
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$23.65
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$24.00
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$38.00
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| WCVT** |
1.0
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0.5
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2.2
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1.0
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$13.40
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$26.40
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$28.00
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$38.00
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| Shoreham |
2.0
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0.5
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3.5
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0.5
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$14.95
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$25.30
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$30.00
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$30.00
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| Topsham |
0.0
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0.0
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3.5
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1.5
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$11.35
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$18.10
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N/A
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N/A
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| Franklin |
0.0
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0.0
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3.0
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1.0
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$10.00
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$18.00
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N/A
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N/A
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| 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
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$14.90
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$23.65
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N/A
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N/A
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| TDS Ludlow |
$12.90
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$21.65
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N/A
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N/A
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| TDS Perkinsville |
12.90
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$21.65
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N/A
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N/A
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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
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% of households with a computer
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Vermont
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U.S.
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| 1998 |
48.7
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42.1
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| 2000 |
53.7
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51.0
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| 2001 |
60.4
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56.5
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| Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NTIA "Falling through the net"/ "A Nation Online" series. | ||
Internet Connected Households
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% of households with internet service
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Vermont
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U.S.
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| 1998 |
31.8
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26.2
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| 2000 |
46.7
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41.5
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| 2001 |
53.4
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50.5
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| Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NTIA "Falling through the net"/ "A Nation Online" series. | ||
Broadband Households
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% of households with broadband service
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Vermont
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U.S.
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17
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22
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| Source: BusinessWeek, "The E-Biz Surprise," May 12, 2003, p. 68; PSD Nov. 2003 residential telephone survey. | |
