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Choptank Fiber Bringing open the door to Choptank Fiber in 2019. Before COVID,
the Choptank Electric Cooperative team and partners were
Broadband to the Eastern Shore espousing the benefits of fast, reliable internet to ensure access

to health care and education, and economic vitality.
By Debbie Bowden, Director
Caroline County Economic Development Then 2020 provided a real-life example of the importance
of the internet. Everyone needed broadband everywhere –
The pandemic shined such a harsh light students, patients, workers, business owners. Shutting down

on the lack of access to broadband here – buildings really showed how much we rely on reliable and fast
and elsewhere. For years, the County has connectivity.
made broadband a priority, but like all
things, the lack of infrastructure and the Fortunately, the ball was rolling before March 2020, and
price tag to solve the problem are huge. Choptank Fiber is ready this year to leverage federal and state
funds to get fiber in the ground.

We are fortunate to be the headquarters
Their work is happening quickly, and the best place to get
for a business that is doing something about the internet access
information is on their website at Choptankfi ber.com. On the
problem – the community knows it as Choptank Electric
website, click “Check Availability” and you are taken to a page
Cooperative, and its new subsidiary, Choptank Fiber.
where you can learn when Choptank Fiber will arrive in your

“Broadband” is defined generally as download speeds of up to neighborhood or business.
25 megabits per second and upload speeds of up to 3 megabits
per second. These speeds and reliability are crucial operations, For updates on any future business support, please visit

from downloading engineering plans to quickly doing a credit carolinebusiness.com, sign up for our newsletter, and follow
card transaction. More important than a technical defi nition of Caroline County Economic Development on Facebook.
broadband is the answer to a practical question, “Can I access
Caroline County Economic Development is a department within
the internet and do my work quickly and eff ectively?”
Caroline County government. Its mission is to help businesses
Choptank Fiber’s effort to bring broadband to the Eastern thrive in the community. Debbie can be reached at 410-479-4188

Shore started in earnest in 2018. I was fortunate enough to or info@carolinebusiness.com
testify in Annapolis in support of legislative changes that could
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