The Pilot Broadband Grant is a $6,214,954 Project Grant awarded on March 19, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will fund the Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Port Orford, Oregon to enhance telecommunications-enabled distance learning and telemedicine services in underserved rural areas over a two-year implementation period ending March 19, 2027. The DLT Grants...
This $9,256,350 project grant was awarded to SWC Telesolutions Inc. by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funds will be used to support broadband infrastructure deployment and internet access services in rural Albuquerque, New Mexico from July 2023 through July 2025. This grant is part of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program, which aims to expand broadband service to rural areas without sufficient...
The Rural Utilities Service, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has awarded a $25,000,000 Project Grant through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to the Scott County Telephone Cooperative, a non-profit telecommunications provider. This funding will support the deployment of middle-mile broadband infrastructure and a self-protected ring network to expand high-speed internet access across rural and underserved communities in Central Appalachia. Past...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Teleguam Holdings LLC dba GTA a $29,767,352 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on September 13, 2022. The grant will support GTA's delivery of broadband infrastructure and connectivity services to expand access in rural areas of Tamuning, Guam through September 13, 2024. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program aims to facilitate broadband deployment in rural locales currently lacking sufficient...
The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant to Unicom, Inc. for a PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN GRANT. The grant period is from March 29, 2023 to March 29, 2025. Funding will support the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program, which aims to improve access to telemedicine and distance learning technologies in rural areas through the CFDA #10.855. Specifically, the grant will address a cost overrun for Unicom's...
Central Virginia Services, Inc., doing business as Firefly Fiber Broadband, was awarded a $2,988,774 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service on March 29, 2023. The grant funding will support Firefly Fiber Broadband's PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN GRANT project through March 29, 2025. The grant was awarded under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), which aims to improve the use of telecommunications technologies to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $25 million Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to Big Bend Telephone Company Inc., a for-profit telecommunications provider in Alpine, TX. This federal grant funding will support the deployment of broadband infrastructure and services to expand high-speed internet connectivity in underserved rural areas. The award has a performance period from August 8, 2023 to August 8, 2025....
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Southwestern Bell Telephone Company a $16,036,684 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on September 12, 2022. The grant will support broadband deployment projects through September 12, 2024. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program aims to expand broadband access in rural areas currently lacking sufficient connectivity. As the awardee, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T,...
The Peoples Telecom, LLC was awarded a $1,795,115 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will support the delivery of broadband internet access to rural communities in McKee, KY through Mar 2025. Specifically, the funding will be used to address cost overruns associated with the PILOT BROADBAND project, helping to ensure residents in the targeted rural area can...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Ballard Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc. a $1,278,879 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will support the PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN project providing broadband internet access to rural communities in La Center, KY from March 29, 2023 to March 29, 2025. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program aims to improve access to...