Reconnect 100% grant infrastructure investments and jobs act

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $12,713,451 to Allband Communications Cooperative on May 6, 2026, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752), also known as the RECONNECT 100% Grant Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act program. The award funds fiber optic and ethernet cabling installation, networking equipment procurement, and retail broadband service delivery to rural residences, businesses, schools, libraries, and healthcare facilities in Curran, Michigan. Performance is scheduled through May 6, 2028. Allband Communications Cooperative is a not-for-profit organization based in Curran, Michigan, that operates as a federal grant recipient for broadband infrastructure deployment in rural communities. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program expands broadband service to rural areas without sufficient access, defined at minimum as 25 megabits per second downstream and 3 megabits per second upstream, through loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations.