The USDA announced $502 million in USDA ReConnect awards this morning and at a pre-briefing with media yesterday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the balance of awards in Round 3 of the program will be announced soon. In addition, Vilsack…
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USDA ReConnect Round 4 Application Window Open
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun accepting applications this week for $1.15 billion it is making available in Round 4 of the ReConnect Program funding. The funding pool consists of $150 million in loans, $700 million in grants and…
Next USDA ReConnect Round: $1.15B for 100 Mbps Symmetrical Broadband
The USDA today said it will make $1.15 billion available in the next round of the ReConnect program to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband to rural areas where broadband is not available today. Areas in which 90%…
New USDA ReConnect Awards Fuels Rural Broadband With $167M in Funding
The USDA has made awards totaling $167 million in 12 states to help expand broadband in rural areas through the ReConnect program. The states are Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia….
USDA ReConnect Program Resurfaces, Awards $21.4M for Fiber Projects
The USDA ReConnect program has granted $21 million to two providers to deploy FTTP networks in rural New York State. The awards are part of the second round of the program. The last announcement for the program was back in…
USDA ReConnect Helps Fund Circle Fiber 10-Gigabit Missouri Network
Circle Fiber is building a FTTP network supporting 10 gigabit speeds to Cape Girardeau County, Missouri using funding from the USDA ReConnect program. Circle Fiber, which is an operating unit of 30-year-old Big River Communications of Missouri, will eventually pass…
USDA ReConnect Illinois, Oregon, South Carolina Awards Total $16.4 Million
The USDA has made an additional $16.4 million in awards in three states through the ReConnect rural broadband program. The USDA ReConnect grants and grant/loan combinations went to telecommunications companies serving Illinois, Oregon and South Carolina. In all, the awards…
Georgia Telco Gets $4.6M USDA ReConnect Grant
The USDA ReConnect program has granted the Pembroke Telephone Company $4.6 million to build a FTTP network in rural Georgia. The grant will be used to deploy a network connecting 3,444 people living in 1,326 households, 73 farms and 19…
Louisiana Telco Gets $12M USDA ReConnect Award
The USDA ReConnect program is investing $12.2 million to bring broadband to unserved and underserved areas of Louisiana. The Louisiana USDA ReConnect award goes to The Star Telephone Company. The investment will be evenly split between a grant and a…
USDA ReConnect Virginia Award Goes to Electric Cooperative
The USDA ReConnect Program has continued its string of rural broadband investments with a grant award to The Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative to deploy a FTTP network to connect rural Brunswick and Halifax counties in Virginia. The USDA ReConnect Virginia award…
USDA ReConnect Round Two Funding Has Reached 34 States and Territories with 79 Awards
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has continued the fast pace of its ReConnect investments with two awards announcements totaling $13.7 million, all in the form of grants. The USDA ReConnect Round Two grants all involve fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) networks, which will…
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