Cellphone and internet service can be spotty in the North Country, but one town is tackling the problem head-on, becoming the first in New Hampshire to build its own broadband system.Bristol Town Administrator Nik Coates said within the past three years, his office has installed a booster to increase cell service and internet speed."Before that, I've got nothing," he said. "Absolutely no bars whatsoever."For some businesses and homes located along the artery of streets running through Bristol, no to low coverage is still a reality."We really want to address that problem head-on," Coates said. "We don't want to wait for someone else to figure it out."The town approved spending $98,000 to go along with a $132,000 grant to build its own broadband system. Bristol's first stage will tap into an existing fiber optic cable for a 3-mile stretch through Main Street."The high-speed service of today and tomorrow is fiber optic, and those communities that don't have fiber optic will get left behind," said Carol Miller, of the state Department of Business and Economic Affairs.State officials estimate that 40 percent of the Granite State workforce telecommutes at some point."If you have a computer and you're at home, you're in business," Miller said. "So, in order to have that opportunity, you've got to have high-speed broadband."The town's concerns go beyond job prospects to public safety."We had someone recently fall into the water down at Profile Falls, and the people who were with them were not able to make a phone call," Coates said. "That's a real problem from the community safety perspective."Coates said the town would eventually like to make broadband available to all 3,000 residents and create a partnership between its high schools, state colleges and local businesses, hoping to keep younger people in town with high-paying jobs.