The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Association, Inc. a $18,738,398 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on September 13, 2022. The grant will support infrastructure investments and jobs through September 13, 2024. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program aims to expand broadband service in rural areas lacking sufficient access through loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards. This particular award...
The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $6.3 million Project Grant to Silver Star Telephone Company, Inc. of Freedom, Wyoming under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA #10.752). The grant funding will support infrastructure investments and jobs to expand broadband service in rural areas as part of the ReConnect Program. The ReConnect Program aims to facilitate broadband deployment in rural communities lacking sufficient access, with an essential goal...
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 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 Cimarron Telephone Company, L.L.C., a $8,876,237 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas without sufficient access to broadband services. The funding will support Cimarron Telephone Company's efforts to expand broadband service to underserved rural areas in Oklahoma. This grant is part of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program, which provides loans,...
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 U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $9,472,875 Project Grant to Pembroke Telephone Co Inc., a for-profit woman-owned small business in Georgia, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The funding will support infrastructure investments and job creation to expand high-speed broadband access in rural, underserved areas around Pembroke. Key products and services to be delivered include the deployment of broadband networks, installation of...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Duo County Telephone Cooperation Corp Inc. a $24,963,158 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on March 2, 2023. The grant will support infrastructure investments and jobs through March 2, 2025. As the awardee, Duo County Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc. will use the funding to facilitate broadband deployment in rural Jamestown, KY, consistent with the goals of the ReConnect Program to expand...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1,993,775.00 Project Grant to the Prairieburg Telephone Company, Incorporated under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. The project aims to expand broadband service to rural areas without sufficient access to broadband. The grant will fund the products and services provided by the Prairieburg Telephone Company, Inc. to achieve this goal over the 2-year project...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $24.76 million Project Grant to Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Inc. on September 7, 2022 through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funding will support Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Inc.'s efforts to expand broadband deployment in Kingfisher, Oklahoma through September 7, 2024. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program aims to facilitate broadband infrastructure development in rural areas lacking sufficient...