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Communications Infrastructure Committee

Mission Statement

The Amherst Board of Selectmen created the Communications Infrastructure Committee (CIC) to better serve the residents, businesses and governmental entities of the Town of Amherst, New Hampshire in matters regarding electronic communications: Internet Access, Cable TV delivery, Wireless Communications and other future communications infrastructure technologies. To that end we are committed to the diligent achievement of the following tasks:

1. Communication Services for Residents: To promote successful relationships with high quality providers of competitive, secure, and reliable Cable TV, Internet, and Wireless Communications services to Amherst residents.
2. Public, Educational, Government Access: To enable local public access to the production of and broadcast of Amherst activities and meetings as well as other electronic “communities” that may develop in the future.
3. Support of Economic Growth: To meet the needs of existing businesses and home offices, and to attract new businesses into Amherst by promoting successful relationships with high quality suppliers to provide a competitive, secure and reliable business class communications infrastructure both now and in the future.
4. Support of the Selectmen: To advise the Board of Selectmen on all regulatory, contractual, technological and competitive matters regarding the communications infrastructure of Amherst.
5. Forward Looking: To continually evaluate new developments in communications technology and recommend options to the Selectmen for incorporation into our infrastructure.