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.
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,284 people, 36 businesses, 696 farms and three educational facilities in Beaver and Cimarron counties in Oklahoma and Union County in New Mexico. Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. will make high-speed
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 7,093 people, 230 businesses, six farms and 29 schools to high-speed internet in Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and Grady counties. Southern Plains Cable will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline
Border to Border Communications, Inc. (B2B) is a certificated local exchange carrier providing slow speed broadband service within its exchange and surrounding areas in south Texas at the Mexico border near Laredo. B2B’s office is located in Zapata, Texas and currently provides long distance and wireline voice to all of
Casco Communications is a certificated local exchange carrier providing broadband service to areas of west central Oregon. The ReConnect grant will provide Casco the opportunity to provide broadband service to 1,030 customers in rural areas inside the PFSA. The ReConnect application includes 197 miles of fiber with GPON FTTH electronics.
Midvale Telephone Company (MTC) is a certificated local exchange carrier providing slow speed broadband service within its exchange and surrounding areas in central Idaho. The ReConnect Loan/Grant will provide MTC the opportunity to provide broadband service to 166 customers in the communities and surrounding rural areas inside the exchanges of
Medicine Park Telephone Company (MPC) is a certificated local exchange carrier providing slow speed broadband service within its exchange and surrounding areas in southwest OK. The ReConnect loan will provide MPC the opportunity to provide broadband service to 112 customers in the community and surrounding rural areas inside the exchange
Carnegie Telephone Company, Inc. (Carnegie) is a certificated local exchange carrier providing broadband service to its two exchanges in west central Oklahoma. Carnegie’s headquarters is located in Carnegie, Oklahoma and they currently provide long distance and wireline voice to all of its exchange areas and high speed broadband service to
