Maine Connectivity Authority

08/13/2026

📚 Libraries are “essential anchors” for broadband expansion in Maine — and they’re just one example of how community organizations can help make digital connectivity more accessible to the people they serve.

A recent Mainebiz article highlights new investments from the Maine Connectivity Authority to expand digital access through libraries and other community anchor institutions across the state — including in some of Maine’s smallest and most rural communities.

💡So, what’s next for digital inclusion in Maine? And how can nonprofits help shape the future of connectivity?

Join us this Friday, August 14, for MANP Connects: The Future of Digital Inclusion in Maine featuring the Maine Connectivity Authority. We’ll hear what MCA has learned from communities across Maine, what barriers remain, and how nonprofits can help ensure future connectivity investments reflect the needs of the people they serve.

🗓️ Friday, August 14, 9:00–9:45 AM
✨ Learn more and register: https://www.nonprofitmaine.org/events/manp-connects-aug-2026

📰 Read the article: https://mainebiz.biz/article/maine-public-libraries-are-essential-anchors-for-broadband-expansion/

08/12/2026

The Maine Digital Resilience Program will support community-based initiatives that increase awareness and education related to online risks, ultimately helping Maine people safely and meaningfully use the internet.

As the first program funded by Maine's Digital Opportunity Fund, it will align with statewide digital opportunity efforts by ensuring that increased internet adoption is accompanied by the knowledge and skills necessary to use digital technologies safely and confidently.

Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, public libraries, regional planning organizations, Tribal and municipal governments, community action agencies, and public health organizations.

Applications close Thursday, September 10 at 12pm.

Learn more about the program: https://www.maineconnectivity.org/digital-resilience

Start your application today: https://mca.smapply.org/prog/maine_digital_resilience_program_

08/07/2026

RFP Announcement

MCA recently identified a technical issue with the [email protected] mailbox that caused external emails sent before August 6, 2026 to be undelivered. If you previously submitted questions regarding this RFP and did not receive a response, or if your email bounced back, please resubmit your inquiries to [email protected] by 11:59 PM EDT on August 10. MCA will process and publish answers to any additional questions by 5:00PM EDT on August 12.

Link below to access the Vendor Questions
https://www.maineconnectivity.org/requests

07/27/2026

Last chance to take our survey at https://www.maineconnectivity.org/vision !! It will be open through the end of this week.

Is there an organization we should get insights from to inform Maine's connectivity vision through 2030? Tag them in the comments!

07/16/2026

Calling older adults in the Lewiston area! Next Wednesday, July 22, we are co-hosting a conversation at SeniorsPlus in Lewiston at 11:30am, with AARP Maine and SeniorsPlus, to understand what your unique internet access needs are.

Everything from health care and banking to staying in touch with family and accessing services increasingly happens online. We want to hear what is working well, what is frustrating, and what would make technology more useful and accessible for you and your community.

RSVP by emailing your name to [email protected] or using the form on this page:

Seniors Plus, AARP Maine, and the Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) invite you to join a community conversation about how technology and internet access are shaping everyday life for older adults across Maine.

07/07/2026

Today kicks off the second annual statewide tour featuring people, places, and projects that contribute to a strong digital economy in Maine. MCA president, Andrew Butcher, will document connections made across the state live from “Buttercup”, his 1984 Volkswagen van. The “Driving Connections” tour will begin on Tuesday, July 7 and end on Friday, July 24.

Today, we're connecting with the Sanford City Manager, Steven Buck, to gain insights on SanfordNet Fiber: a 45-mile fiber optic network designed to serve Sanford's historic downtown mill complex, its 600 acres of industrial parks, and more than 80 other locations, including the Southern Maine Health Care campus and our High School and Technical Center.

06/10/2026

In 2005, National Internet Safety Month was created to bring awareness to internet dangers and the need for internet safety education. Twenty years later, our technology has advanced exponentially and the need for internet safety continues to grow.

According to the FBI Internet Crime Report 2025, there were 2,888 victims in Maine who reported $56,536,020 in financial loss from cyber crime. This represents an 80% increase in financial loss and 35% increase in the number of victims of cyber crime in Maine since just the prior year.

This report also shares that older adults (60+) are most at-risk for cyber crime attacks, and that the healthcare and public health sector have the highest number of cyber threats within the critical infrastructure category.

What can we do? We need widespread internet safety education–classes in communities and online for everyone in Maine, public resources like government websites that are accessible and secure, private sector companies that have a vested interest in working to eliminate these threats.

We can’t do this work alone. Head to www.maineconnectivity.org/vision to get involved with MCA’s ongoing process to create a vision for Maine that is bringing opportunity, and creating safe online spaces, for everyone.

05/11/2026

05/05/2026

MCA is developing a statewide strategy for what comes next, and we need your voice to help get it right.

This strategic planning process is about defining what Maine needs next, and how we get there together. It is how we shape Connectivity 2030: a future where access to the internet translates into real, lasting opportunity for people across Maine.

Take our survey today to share your experience, priorities, and perspective on what's working and where Maine should go next.

www.maineconnectivity.org/vision

04/30/2026

Since 2021, Maine has made historic progress expanding access to high-speed internet—connecting homes, businesses, and communities across the state. Access was the breakthrough. What matters now is what it makes possible in people’s lives. The next chapter is about what connectivity makes possible for people, for communities, and for the systems we rely on every day

Starting today, MCA is asking nonprofit partners, state agencies, private entities, and the Maine public to inform our strategic vision through 2030 and beyond.

Get involved: www.maineconnectivity.org/vision