The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $12,000,000 Project Grant to Orangeburg County, South Carolina under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. The funding will be used to expand high-speed internet access and infrastructure in underserved communities within Orangeburg County over a 2-year period from July 2023 to July 2025. This grant supports the essential goal of the ReConnect Program to deliver...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Home Telephone Company a $18.1 million Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on March 21, 2023. The grant will support Home Telephone Company's provision of broadband infrastructure and connectivity in Madison, Wisconsin through March 21, 2025. As the stated goal of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program is expanding broadband access in rural areas lacking sufficient service, this award will likely...
The Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc., doing business as H T C, received a $1.6 million Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on March 29, 2023 to fund broadband infrastructure improvements through March 29, 2025. The grant was awarded under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA #10.855), which supports the use of telecommunications technologies to provide educational and medical services in rural areas. Funds will be...
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 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 Hayneville Telephone Co Inc. was awarded a $24,781,800 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 7, 2022 to be completed by September 7, 2024. The funding is provided through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA #10.752) to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas without sufficient access. Under the award, Hayneville Telephone Co Inc. will use the grant funding to expand broadband service infrastructure and connectivity in...
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 County of Bamberg received a $12,000,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to facilitate broadband deployment and create jobs in underserved rural areas of Bamberg County, South Carolina. The grant funding will be used to expand broadband service access to rural communities lacking sufficient connectivity by July 2025. This project grant award is part of the County's broader strategy to...
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 Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded South Central Utah Telephone Association, Inc. a $3,485,976 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on March 2, 2023. The grant will support infrastructure investments and jobs to expand broadband service in Escalante, Utah through March 2, 2025. As the awardee, South Central Utah Telephone Association will deliver broadband deployment projects in rural areas lacking sufficient access as authorized...