📡 NEWS — May 28, 2026 · 🟢 INSTALLER RATING: GREEN
MHTC / Mid-Hudson Fiber — Hudson Valley NY Rural Fiber
Rick Baron
Owner, SWAT A/V · 28 years residential AV install
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First time hearing “BEAD”? It stands for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment . Plain English: it's the $42.5 billion federal program Congress created in 2021 to pay internet providers to build high-speed internet where it doesn't exist yet — mostly rural and small-town homes. Each state gets a slice of that money to hand out to ISPs (Verizon, AT&T, Starlink, local fiber co-ops, whoever) in exchange for building new service. If you've been waiting for fiber to reach your street, BEAD is the reason it might finally happen.
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MHTC / Mid-Hudson Fiber — Hudson Valley NY Rural Fiber
MHTC (Mid-Hudson Cable / Mid-Hudson Fiber) — Catskill NY based — is an independent NY rural fiber operator covering Greene, Ulster, Delaware counties and adjacent Hudson Valley ZIPs. Family-owned since the 1960s. Aggressive XGS-PON overbuild via NY ConnectALL + BEAD funding. Competes directly with Spectrum across the Catskills.
By Rick Baron & Bear · Published May 28, 2026 · 28 years of residential AV install.
The short version
Who : MHTC — Mid-Hudson Cable / Mid-Hudson Fiber, family-owned NY rural operator.Footprint : Catskills + Hudson Valley — Greene, Ulster, Delaware, Sullivan counties + adjacent.Tech : Symmetric XGS-PON fiber.Speeds : 200 Mbps, 1 Gig, 2 Gig symmetric.Recommendation : 🟢 GREEN .
MHTC tiers + 2026 pricing
Verified at mhcable.com May 2026.
Tier Speed Monthly
200 Mbps 200 / 200 Mbps $60/mo 1 Gig 1,000 / 1,000 Mbps $85/mo 2 Gig 2,000 / 2,000 Mbps $110/mo
Rick's installer take
Family-owned 60-year-old rural carriers are the lowest-flight-risk fiber operators. MHTC is exactly this profile. Take it.
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