The Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded a $87,509,579.61 Project Grant under the Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033) to Peninsula Fiber Network LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The grant will fund the placement of 535 route miles of new middle mile fiber optic infrastructure across Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. This will create redundant, high-capacity broadband connectivity to over 35,000 unserved or...
The State of Nevada, doing business as the Office of the Governor, received a $87.1 million Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033). The grant will fund construction of a 431-mile open-access fiber optic network running north-south along US 93 to connect a major internet exchange in Las Vegas to an interconnection point in Wells, Nevada. This middle mile...
The State of Kansas Department of Commerce received a $69.73 million Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033) to construct a 682-mile open-access middle mile fiber optic network across underserved areas of Kansas. The network aims to connect multiple new internet exchange points and offer last-mile broadband providers access to dark fiber, with a goal of increasing broadband access and...
The Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded Horizon Telcom Inc. a $48,275,817 Project Grant under the Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033). The grant will fund the Appalachian Ohio Middle Mile Expansion Project to deploy 239 miles of new middle mile fiber optic infrastructure and make available an additional 711 miles of existing fiber optic lines for open access in underserved areas of southeastern Ohio. This expanded fiber...
The federal Project Grant award of $16,956,357.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service through the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant funding supports Matanuska Telecom Association Inc. (M T A), a for-profit telecommunications company, in delivering broadband infrastructure and internet connectivity services to expand access in the rural Palmer, Alaska region. The two-year project, running from December 2024 to...
The Missouri Network Alliance LLC was awarded a $29,688,739.63 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033). The grant will support the expansion of the recipient's middle mile broadband infrastructure into 12 counties in northeast Oklahoma and 3 counties in Missouri. Specifically, the recipient will construct new fiber optic lines to provide open access, carrier-neutral...
The Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded a $16,795,000 Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant (CFDA 11.033) to the Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. for the purpose of adding 137 miles of new middle mile fiber in remote western Montana. This project will enable affordable broadband access to over 9,600 currently unserved or underserved locations, including 67 anchor institutions, across 42 communities in six counties. The Blackfoot Telephone...
This $23,422,236 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033) will support the construction of approximately 130 miles of new open-access fiber middle mile infrastructure. The purpose is to enable diverse broadband connectivity and enhance last-mile service delivery to residential and business customers across 13 localities in South and Central Virginia. Key...
The Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $30,502,000 Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033) Project Grant to Scott County Telephone Cooperative (SCTC), a non-profit telecommunications provider. The grant will fund the construction of 155 miles of new fiber optic cable to expand middle-mile infrastructure and enable last-mile broadband expansion in rural and underserved communities across a 13-county area of Central...
The Maine Connectivity Authority received a $53.3 million Project Grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033) to construct the 531-mile MOOSE fiber optic backbone network. The Authority will design, build, and operate this new middle mile infrastructure extending open access fiber to 131 rural communities across the state. Nine carrier-neutral colocations will be established along the network to enable...
The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $150,799,819.89 Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant (CFDA 11.033) to QSH Parent Holdco LLC to design, plan, and construct a 1,051-mile fiber optic network connecting the communities of Nome, Emmonak, Naknek, King Salmon, Igiugig, and Homer, Alaska. The project aims to expand and improve middle mile infrastructure to enable last-mile providers to offer competitive, high-speed broadband services to previously unserved and underserved populations, including those living below 150% of the poverty level. The project is expected to be completed by June 30, 2027, and will result in a redundant, survivable fiber ring connecting to various cable systems reaching the lower 48 states and beyond, providing a diverse, secure connection with up to 30 TB of capacity.