The USDA Rural Development has announced round 5 of their ReConnect Loan and Grant Program. The ReConnect Loan and Grant Program furnishes loans and grants to provide funds for the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide broadband service in eligible rural areas.
Pioneer Connect is proposing to deliver fiber to the home for 48 residential locations in the PFSA. Based on the average household size in Oregon, this project will serve approximately 125 people through the new fiber locations. This project is essential to the long-term prosperity of the PFSA, and will
Medicine Park Telephone Company proposes to serve the rural areas of Empire, OK with the Community Connect Grant. Broadband services, up to one Gbps, will be made available to 141 households and 2 business. The project will use 17.4 miles of last mile fiber for FTTH and 4.6 miles of
Oklahoma Western Telephone Company proposes to service the town and rural areas of Summerfield, OK with the Community Connect Grant. Broadband services, up to one Gbps will be made available to 126 households and 2 business. The project will use 4.2 miles of last mile fiber to for FTTH and
Interior Telephone Company will deploy 25Mbps/3Mbps broadband capability in the native village of Port Lions. The community will be connected via terrestrial high-speed fiber to the City of Kodiak. A range of broadband service offerings will be available to customers with different speeds and price points. In addition to the
The overall objective of the project is to upgrade the backhaul, middle and last mile facilities to provide broadband speeds to the remote Alaska community of Gustavus. The project will install a tower and upgrade the backhaul links to the internet while replacing the wireless middle mile facilities to create an all-fiber last
On May 4th and 17th the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will host webinars focused on the Community Connect Grant Program. Read more here.
