by Pivot
Category: Alabama
Alabama Opens Application Cycle for $1.4B in BEAD Funding
Alabama opened its application window on April 7 for pre-qualified broadband service providers (BSPs) applying for grants under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The program is being administered in the state by…
Spectrum Wins Big as Alabama Awards $42M in Broadband Funds
Twenty-three Alabama counties are receiving nearly $42 million in capital project fund grants for last-mile broadband projects. The projects will cover nearly 2,350 miles across Alabama and are expected to provide broadband availability to more…
$53.5M for Alabama Middle Mile Broadband Goes to REMC-Owned Coalition
The state of Alabama has awarded $53.5 million to Alabama Fiber Network to cover some of the costs for deploying a middle mile network deployment. Alabama Fiber Network is a coalition of electric and generation/transmission…
Dragonfly Internet CEO Shares Journey from FWA to Fiber, Alabama Power Deal
Alabama-based Dragonfly Internet was created last year when ITC Holding Company bought a local fixed wireless provider and opted to change the name, explained Dragonfly CEO David Hartin in an interview with Telecompetitor. Since then,…
Charter, AT&T, Mediacom, WOW, 12 Smaller Providers Will Share $148M in Alabama Broadband Funding
Charter, Mediacom and Central Alabama Electric Cooperative were the biggest winners of broadband funding from the state of Alabama announced yesterday. The companies will share a total of $148.3 million with AT&T, WOW, Brightspeed and…
Charter, Uniti, Alabama Fiber Network, 9 Others Share $188M in Alabama Middle Mile Funding
Charter Communications, Uniti Fiber, and nine smaller companies have been awarded funding totaling $188 million from the state of Alabama to cover some of the costs of building middle mile networks in the state. The…
Charter, GoNetspeed Win Alabama Broadband Funding
Charter won two grants totaling $5.7 million and GoNetspeed won a $2.2 million grant from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) this week. The funding will go toward the cost of deploying…
Two States Make Moves on Broadband Funding
Two states recently made moves on broadband funding. Funding bills were passed by legislatures and signed into law by governors in Alabama and Idaho. $260M in Alabama Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation to make…
Alabama Bill Would Use $260M of ARPA Funding for Broadband Deployments
Alabama legislators have proposed to allocate $260 million in funding for broadband deployments. The money would come from $1.1 billion recently awarded to the state through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). According to an…
Cable Rural Broadband Funding Explosion Continues with Latest Alabama Awards
The cable rural broadband funding explosion continues, as two cable companies took home the lion’s share of awards of awards announced in Alabama on Friday. Mediacom was the big winner in the announcement. The company…
Four States Awarded $793.7 from Capital Projects Fund
Four states – Alabama, Kentucky, Nevada and Texas – have been approved for projects funded through the Capital Projects Fund (CPF). The awards were announced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The awards total…
Eight More States Get BEAD, Digital Equity Planning Grants
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced another set of planning grants for its Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity programs. BEAD is a $42.45 billion program and Digital Equity…
