Networkmaine

12/09/2023

We have an immediate opening for a Senior Network Architect. Networkmaine operates DWDM based optical network connecting the research and education community and other Community Anchor Institutions throughout Maine and northern New England.

The University of Maine System is accepting applications for a Senior Network Architect. The Senior Network Architect, reporting to the Executive Director, fulfills the leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design roles required to develop the network architecture of UMS’ wide area network exten...

12/09/2023

We have an immediate opening for a Transport Network Engineer. Networkmaine operates DWDM based optical network connecting the research and education community and other Community Anchor Institutions throughout Maine and northern New England.

The University of Maine System is accepting applications for a Transport Network Engineer. The Transport Network Engineer is a Subject Matter Expert on transport and/or wide area network platforms and helps set direction on network strategy through partnerships with all technology organizations. The...

06/16/2023

We are thrilled to be partnering with MCA on this project. Maine Connectivity Authority

We got the best news, MOOSE Net is a go!!

MCA has been awarded a $30 million competitive grant from National Telecommunications and Information Administration to improve broadband infrastructure in Maine. This grant will fund 530 miles of “middle mile” infrastructure across 131 communities, passing more than 11,000 unserved houses and local businesses.

Maine’s successful grant application is bringing, in total, a $53 million project together to construct the Maine Online Optical Statewide Enabling Network (MOOSE Net), with key partners in the University of Maine System and Networkmaine, and in collaboration with the Maine Department of Transportation, Consolidated Communications, Maine State Library, Tilson Technology, dozens of other regional entities, internet service providers and telecommunication companies.

Read our press release here: https://buff.ly/3qNOZbe
And learn more about MOOSE Net here: https://buff.ly/46awT3a

06/13/2023

We have created a new position that will focus on our services to the University System. I'm really excited about the opportunity to bring in someone with operational experience and a customer focus.

Networkmaine, a unit of the University of Maine System, is seeking applicants for an Associate Executive Director, Enterprise Networks. This full-time, regular position is a member of the Networkmaine leadership team and is responsible for the operation and delivery of network and telecommunication...

05/20/2022

We've been awarded $1.0M from the NSF to light two 400Gbps waves from UMaine to the MGHPCC and the NoX GigaPoP w/ add/drop in Keene, NH & Portland, ME to interconnect with other northern New England research partners in the future.

https://networkmaine.net/nsf-awards-nearly-1-million-for-system-to-build-cyberinfrastructure-that-will-expand-maines-access-to-new-research-learning-opportunities/

02/20/2022

Earlier this week we turned up a direct peer with at . This peer brings greater resiliency and performance to Maine’s research and education community when accessing services hosted in Amazon's cloud.

02/18/2022

It has been awhile since we have posted to social media. Sorry about that. We've been busy installing a 100Gbps network throughout northern and downeast Maine while increasing the connectivity of over 800 K12 schools and public libraries to at least 1.0 Gbps.

03/22/2021

Congratulations Messalonskee High School!! Esports are taking off at both the secondary and post secondary levels across the country.

The High School Esports League and Army National Guard announced 25 winners from across the country. Messalonskee will get its lab May 10.

03/09/2021

Broadband: Everyone needs it, so why don’t we have it?

Just over 20 years ago, Maine was the first state in the nation to wire schools and libraries for broadband internet, and the first to issue laptops to school kids. But now, Maine bumps along the bottom of nearly every ranking of states with high speed internet. How did we lose that momentum and what will it take to get it back?

The past year has underscored how essential broadband is – for the ability to work from home, to learn remotely and to receive health care services. Efforts are underway on the state and federal levels, including a $30 million initiative unveiled recently in Gov. Janet Mills’ budget. But will they be enough?

Join Carol Coultas, Press Herald business projects editor, as she moderates an in-depth discussion with Jeff Letourneau , one of the architects of Maine’s early broadband network and now executive director of NetworkMaine, and Susan Corbett, a longtime internet provider in Down East Maine who now heads up the National Digital Equity Center.
https://buff.ly/3btauDT

03/09/2021

Tune in as our own Jeff Letourneau and Beth Lambert talk about Broadband's Impact on Education in Maine.

02/10/2021

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 196 that created the E-Rate program and cleared the way for creating the Internet as we know it. The positive impact E-Rate has had on Maine's schools and libraries cannot be overstated. Maine State Library Maine Department of Education
https://buff.ly/2Os1MNl

02/04/2021

Watch our own Jeff Letourneau and the rest of the star studded panel as they discuss how they use maps and data in Maine Broadband Coalition's 1st webinar in their Digital Frontiers Series: Data and Mapping. https://buff.ly/3juHf6p