The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $34,905,000 ReConnect Program project grant to Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (DBA Cordova Telecom Cooperative) to expand broadband infrastructure and improve telemedicine and distance learning access in its rural service area in Cordova, Alaska. The ReConnect Program is a federal grant program (CFDA 10.752) that provides funding to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. Through this grant, Cordova Telephone...
This $5,000,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 27, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA #10.863). The grant recipient, Unicom, Inc., a for-profit telecommunications company based in Anchorage, Alaska, will use the funds to deploy broadband transmission services and establish community centers with free high-speed internet access in rural, economically-challenged areas of Alaska that currently lack adequate...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $5,000,000 Community Connect Grant to Citizens Telephone Coop on September 27, 2024. The grant will fund the deployment of broadband transmission services to connect all critical community facilities, residential premises, and businesses in the rural, economically-challenged community of Floyd, VA 24091 over a 2-year performance period from September 2024 to September 2026. The Community Connect Grant Program, CFDA 10.863,...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $17,897,482.00 Project Grant to Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Incorporated under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funding will be used to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas of Valdez, Alaska over a 2-year period from May 3, 2023 to May 3, 2025. The goal of the ReConnect Program is to expand broadband access to rural areas without sufficient access to high-speed internet. The grant...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $21,404,940 Project Grant to Cordova Telecom Cooperative, Incorporated (Cordova Telecom) under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant supports a 2-year project to deploy telecommunications-enabled equipment, broadband infrastructure, and advanced technologies to enhance distance learning and telemedicine services for the rural community of Cordova, Alaska. This funding...
The B-A-R-C Electric Cooperative was awarded a $4,460,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863). The grant funds will be used to deploy broadband transmission services and establish community centers with free internet access in underserved rural areas of Millboro, Virginia. The project aims to connect all critical community facilities, residential premises, and businesses to high-speed internet...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,272,640 Community Connect Grant (CFDA 10.863) to Fibercloud, Inc. on September 27, 2024. The two-year grant project, set to be completed by September 27, 2026, aims to deploy broadband infrastructure and provide high-speed internet connectivity to rural, economically-challenged areas in Langley, WA that currently lack adequate broadband access. The grant funds will be used to construct fiber-optic broadband networks...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $4,005,012 Community Connect Grant (CFDA 10.863) to Star Telephone Company, Inc. on September 27, 2024. The two-year grant will fund the deployment of broadband infrastructure in Maringouin, Louisiana to provide high-speed internet access to underserved homes, businesses, and critical community anchor institutions. This grant is part of the Community Connect Grant Program, which aims to expand broadband services in rural,...
Oklahoma Western Telephone Co, doing business as Star Search Rural TV, was awarded a $1,795,159 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on November 22, 2021. The grant is part of the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863) and will support the deployment of broadband transmission services in rural Clayton, Oklahoma where such services do not currently exist. Under the award, the awardee will connect all critical community facilities to broadband and...
The Public Utility District 1 Of Lewis County was awarded a $3 million Community Connect Grant from the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service on November 30, 2021. The two-year project grant will fund the deployment of broadband transmission services in Chehalis, Washington under the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863). This federal grant program aims to encourage connectivity in rural communities that currently lack broadband access by providing funds to connect critical...