The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $3,671,442 Community Connect Grant (CFDA 10.863) to Inter Mountain Cable, Inc. (a subsidiary of Gearheart Communications Company, Inc.) on September 27, 2024. The 2-year grant project aims to expand broadband internet infrastructure and connectivity in the rural community of Harold, Kentucky, which currently lacks high-speed internet access. The funding will be used to deploy broadband transmission services, connect...
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 a 2-year project to deploy broadband internet infrastructure and provide high-speed connectivity to the rural community of Floyd, VA. The project aims to expand broadband access, enhance educational opportunities, and improve healthcare services in this underserved area. The federal grant program, authorized under CFDA...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $5,000,000 Community Connect Grant (CFDA #10.863) to Unicom, Inc., a for-profit telecommunications company based in Anchorage, Alaska. The grant, awarded on September 27, 2024, will fund the deployment of broadband transmission services, connection of critical community facilities, and establishment of community centers with free public internet access in rural, economically-challenged areas of Alaska lacking high-speed...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $4,460,000 Community Connect Grant to B-A-R-C Electric Cooperative in Millboro, VA. The grant, authorized under CFDA 10.863, is designed to expand broadband internet infrastructure in rural, economically-challenged communities lacking high-speed internet access. The project will deploy broadband transmission services, connect critical community facilities, and establish community centers with free public internet access. This...
The West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp Inc., doing business as West Kentucky & Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative, received a $2.21 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on April 6, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program to address cost overruns for the delivery of telemedicine and distance learning services in Mayfield, Kentucky. As a not-for-profit organization...
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,847,276 Community Connect Grant to NEK Community Broadband on September 27, 2024. The purpose of this Project Grant is to deploy fiber optic network infrastructure to provide high-speed internet access with minimum speeds of 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream to critical community facilities, residential premises, and businesses in the underserved rural area of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. This grant funding aims to expand...
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $4,544,350 Community Connect Grant to the Spokane Regional Broadband Development Authority Broadlinc. to deploy broadband infrastructure and services in rural Spokane, WA. The grant, awarded on September 27, 2024, will fund a 2-year project to connect critical community facilities and establish public internet access centers, with the goal of stimulating economic development, enhancing educational opportunities, and improving...
The Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc., doing business as Cordova Telecom Cooperative, received a $3 million Project Grant award 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 fund the deployment of broadband transmission services in Cordova, Alaska through November 22, 2023. The Community Connect Grant Program aims to encourage connectivity in rural communities lacking...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $3,505,570 Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863) project grant to Mark Twain Communications Company in Hurdland, Missouri on September 27, 2024. The grant will be used to deploy broadband transmission services, connect critical community facilities, and establish community centers with free public internet access in the rural, economically-challenged community. The primary objective is to stimulate economic...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $3,287,038 Community Connect Grant to the Northern Arkansas Telephone Company on September 27, 2024. The funding will be used to construct a fiber optic network and connect critical community facilities in Flippin, Arkansas to high-speed internet services. This project, which has a completion date of September 27, 2026, aims to expand broadband infrastructure and improve internet connectivity in the rural, underserved Flippin...