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Analysis: Is All Points Broadband too late for Rappahannock?

Analysis: Is All Points Broadband too late for Rappahannock?

by Ireland Hayes | Nov 9, 2025 | Broadband, County, Local Government, Sidebar, Top Story

Residents choosing other internet options All Points Broadband (APB) is finally laying fiber in Rappahannock County — but after years of delays, it may be too little, too late.       The company says the first residents are expected to get service by late December or...

Upgrades coming to line providing most of the power to Rappahannock County

by Ireland Hayes | Jan 27, 2025 | Art, Broadband, Business, Education, Health, Infrastructure, Local Services, Politics, Real Estate

Questions about broadband, data center implications Electric utility company Potomac Edison will be replacing old wooden poles ​​and electrical lines in a nearly 14-mile stretch from Luray to Sperryville — a line that provides most of the county’s power. The upgrade...

Is this the year of broadband connections in Rappahannock?

by Tim Carrington | Jan 8, 2025 | Broadband, Politics

Funding deadlines loom over project The year 2025 will mark a critical junction for a broadband project — providing affordable high-speed internet — that Rappahannock and seven other Virginia counties were promised in 2022.  Why it matters Rappahannock residents saw...
Rappahannock Almanac 2024 | This is the year that was

Rappahannock Almanac 2024 | This is the year that was

by Randy Rieland | Jan 2, 2025 | Art, Broadband, Business, Education, Fire/Rescue, Health, Local Services, Politics

Building Committee, RIP • Flint Hill Fire back-and-forth • Hiking Old Rag: Get a ticket • Volunteers battle brush fires • Chester Brown sentenced. Murder unsolved. • Russian intrigue in Huntly! • Trump win, caravan parades • Washington’s ‘First Lady’ passes • High...
Rappahannock’s broadband timeline slips: Why the delay, and what’s ahead?

Rappahannock’s broadband timeline slips: Why the delay, and what’s ahead?

by Tim Carrington | Dec 15, 2024 | Broadband, Politics

high-speed broadband glass fibre internet cable All Points needs more time, money A regional broadband project promising affordable high-speed internet in Rappahannock and seven other counties will be delayed by one year, All Points Broadband CEO Jimmy Carr said in an...
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