Verizon begins work on high speed network in Western Mass

05/02/2008- Boston Business Journal

Verizon Communications Inc. said it has begun building out its broadband network covering about two dozen western Massachusetts communities and expects to begin service in some towns by summer.

The telecommunications provider (NYSE: VZ) will offer three-megabit DSL Internet to 23 municipalities without any access to broadband service as a part of a $200 million broadband expansion plan it announced in February.

Communities receiving service are Becket, Blandford, Colrain, Cummington, Florida, Goshen, Hancock, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Middlefield, Monroe, Montgomery, New Ashford, New Marlborough, Pelham, Plainfield, Rowe, Sandisfield, Tolland, Westhampton, Windsor and Worthington.