The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $12,095,841.00 Project Grant to Interbel Telephone Cooperative Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant, awarded on May 16, 2023, will fund broadband infrastructure investments and job creation in Eureka, MT to expand broadband access in rural areas without sufficient service. The ReConnect Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards to facilitate...
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...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $24,798,566.00 Project Grant to Mountain View Rural Fiber LLC under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant will fund infrastructure investments and job creation to expand broadband service in rural areas without sufficient access to broadband. The project is scheduled to be completed by July 13, 2025. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards to...
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 has awarded a $24,645,351.00 Project Grant to Poka-Lambro Telephone Cooperative, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant aims to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas without sufficient access to broadband services. The project will be implemented over a 2-year period from July 25, 2023 to July 25, 2025. This grant is part of the ReConnect Program, which provides loans,...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $34,532,301 Project Grant to Upper Peninsula Telephone Co, doing business as Michigan Broadband Services, to support infrastructure investments and jobs through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The ReConnect Program aims to expand broadband service in rural areas lacking sufficient access, and this award will facilitate broadband deployment for Carney, Michigan through September 2024. The total funding amount...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $24,914,096 ReConnect Program (CFDA 10.752) Project Grant to Star Telephone Membership Corp, a cooperative telecommunications company, to deploy broadband internet access, telemedicine services, and disaster recovery support for rural communities in Clinton, NC. The project will run from July 2023 through July 2025. Additionally, Star Telephone Membership Corp was previously awarded a $3 million Distance Learning and Telemedicine...
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 $24,980,258 ReConnect Program grant to Oklahoma Western Telephone Co, doing business as Star Search Rural TV, to expand broadband infrastructure and services in the Lawton, OK area. The ReConnect Program provides grants to facilitate broadband deployment in rural communities without sufficient access. Through this 2-year grant, Oklahoma Western Telephone Co will install broadband transmission facilities and provide retail...
The federal Project Grant award, totaling $24,926,765.00, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (USDA-RUS) under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program - CFDA 10.752). The grant recipient, WNM Communications Corporation (doing business as Gilanet-Internet Service), is a for-profit telecommunications company that specializes in providing high-speed internet connectivity and broadband infrastructure services to rural communities,...