Cox Communications is set to get $14.2 million in broadband funding from the state of Arkansas, according to a report published by local media outlet Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Cox will contribute additional funding for total project costs of $19.6 million….
Resound Networks has received final authorization from the FCC for winning bids in seven states in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. The company was the winning bidder for over $300 million in funding to cover some of the…
Brightspeed has continued its steady stream of announcements with a pledge to deploy a fiber broadband network to more than 100,000 addresses in Arkansas. The company, which is awaiting the closing of its acquisition of properties from Lumen Technologies, says…
Thirteen Arkansas electric cooperatives have come together to establish Diamond State Networks, a fiber network that according to a press release, covers more than 64% of the state’s land mass. The network was created by interconnecting existing networks operated by…
Regional operator Ritter Communications has been awarded eight grants totaling about $44 million to provide all-fiber broadband networks in Arkansas. The grants were awarded through the Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) program, which is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act…
Arkansas will award Windstream over $46 million in funding to help expand broadband across seven counties. Windstream intends to contribute an additional $17.2 million to the project. The funding comes from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and is…
Regional operator Ritter Communications has deployed an all-fiber XGS-PON network to provide broadband services and cloud solutions to businesses in five communities in northwest Arkansas. The provider invested $28 million in the initiative. The communities are Springdale, Lowell, Fayetteville, Rogers…
The city of Augusta, Arkansas has chosen Ritter Communications to deploy a gigabit broadband project funded, in part, through the CARES Act. The city is receiving a $2.3 million Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) Broadband Grant to deploy FTTH infrastructure and…
The USDA ReConnect program is investing more than $16 million to provide broadband to unserved or underserved areas of Arkansas and Indiana. The investments are part of the $550 million second round of the program. There were three investments made…
Windstream has completed a network expansion in Harrison, Ark. that makes the company’s broadband internet service available to 4,000 homes and businesses in the city. Customers now have access to 1 Gbps broadband speeds on the Kinetic Internet platform as…
A rural telecom service provider and a neighboring rural electric power cooperative are coming together to bring gigabit broadband to parts of rural Arkansas. The rural telco is South Arkansas Telephone (SATCO) and the power company is Ouachita Electric Cooperative…
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