Virginia Telecommunications Initiative provides funding to expand broadband to nearly 80% of the Eastern Shore. June 22, 2022 (EXMORE, Va.) – The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority (ESVBA) has been awarded an unprecedented $15.6 million grant that will allow ESVBA to continue closing the digital divide on the Eastern Shore by expanding the broadbandRead more
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ESVBA announces residential service to over 2k local households on Virginia’s Eastern Shore …and just doubled all residential customer speeds (for free!) Exmore, Virginia, Jan. 25, 2022 – Just under five years after announcing their first residential pilot serving just six houses in Harborton, the Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority has just crossedRead more
Exmore, VA (July 10, 2017) – As a part of their strategic planning process, the Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority (ESVBA) will hold two public Town Hall meetings next week to discuss broadband connectivity and service opportunities for Accomack and Northampton counties. The sessions will be held from 6-8pm on July 18th (Eastern ShoreRead more
EXMORE, VA., September 15, 2016 The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority’s Board of Directors approved an update to the WISP EVPL business rules to eliminate the limit of 10 sites. This update will promote continued growth by our WISP partners and enable continued expansion of broadband services on the Eastern Shore in a cost-effective manner.Read more
EXMORE, VA., July 21, 2016 The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority’s Board approved a reduction in pricing as well as approved new prices for bandwidth levels greater than 1Gbps. This update will help organizations be able to subscribe to larger quantities of bandwidth as well as having more options for incremental bandwidth to better fitRead more
EXMORE, VA., June 7, 2016 The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority today announced a re-vamped and re-organized website. The new website will employ new features to ease navigation as well as additional tools to better serve the people of the Eastern Shore. The site upgrades, which will feature both enhanced content and a redesignedRead more
ESVBA’s New Pricing Plan! With a desire to help reach more customers in a cost-effective way, on January 29, 2015 the ESVBA Board of Directors voted to approve a new plan that reduces rates across the board. Additionally, in an effort to assist service providers extend broadband services to residential customers, the ESVBA’s Board voted to approve the ESVBA’sRead more
At a special meeting of the Board of Directors on January 16, 2014, ESVBA’s Board voted to reduce rates across the board for all customers upon contract renewal and for all new contracts.
KIPTOPEKE — At the 21st annual Eastern Shore of Virginia Harvest Festival, the Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority presented Accomack and Northampton counties checks for the first installment to repay the funds which both counties contributed to create the authority. State Sen. Ralph Northam and Delegate Lynwood Lewis took time out from greeting constituentsRead more
On August 19, 2013, the ESVBA enabled the last components of its core network to enable and support IPv6. Currently, the ESVBA is directly connected to one of the Tier 1 providers that are natively running the IPv6 Internet backbone. We are routing our provider-independent IPv6 IP space out to the IPv6 backbone and haveRead more