by Pivot
Category: Georgia
Georgia and Missouri Accept BEAD Applications: Here Are the Scoring Criteria
Georgia has begun accepting applications in the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) rural broadband funding program, and Missouri plans to do so beginning on Thursday. Both states were allotted relatively large amounts of funding…
LiveOak Fiber Gains $250M From Investment Firm
LiveOak Fiber, which operates fiber broadband networks in Georgia and Florida, has secured $250 million from J.P. Morgan to fund its fiber network expansion in the southeastern United States. The quarter billion investment will be…
Windstream, Georgia Electric Co-Op Partner on $39M Public-Private Partnership
Windstream, Colquitt Electric Membership Cooperative (EMC) and Lowndes County, Ga., are teaming up on a $39 million public-private partnership to bring broadband to about 16,000 locations in the county. Windstream is contributing about $17.6 million.…
Interview: How Georgia is Getting Broadband to the Most Unserved of its Unserved Areas
One of the key things that keeps state broadband officials awake at night is the possibility that there may be unserved areas of the state where no provider wants to deploy service—even with a subsidy.…
Vyve Makes Acquisition from ATC Broadband
Rural broadband consolidator Vyve Broadband has acquired the commercial arm of ATC Broadband serving the Vidalia, GA area. The network serves the cities of Swainsboro, Lyons and Vidalia as well as Emanuel, Toombs and Montgomery…
Windstream Public-Private Partnership Will Invest $10M in Georgia County
A $10.3 million public-private partnership between Chattooga County, GA and fiber provider Windstream will provide broadband access to 3,400 addresses in the county. Key communities covered by the agreement, which will feature 320 miles of…
Windstream Formally Announces Georgia Broadband Funding Win
Windstream formally announced its $8.5 million broadband funding win through Georgia’s Capital Projects Fund today. A press release confirms the win, which Telecompetitor reported on earlier this week. Windstream won funding for three counties. The…
Windstream is the Big Winner in Georgia Broadband Funding Round
Windstream won three of four broadband deployment funding grants tentatively awarded by the state of Georgia yesterday. The company was awarded approximately $8.5 million of nearly $15 million awarded. The fourth award, valued at $6.2…
Windstream, Cable Companies Among Georgia State Broadband Funding Winners
Georgia last week announced more than $234 million in state broadband funding. Comcast had both the most awards (eight) and was the top grant recipient at nearly $67 million. In all, the 29 preliminary grants,…
Five States Get Almost $30M in BEAD and Digital Equity Planning Funds
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced planning grants to Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina and Rhode Island in the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The…
Clearwave Fiber Georgia Deployment Nears Completion
Regional fiber service provider Clearwave Fiber will finish deploying fiber that will serve several thousand users in Peachtree Corners, GA, next month. The new network will provide symmetrical multi-gigabit services to Curiosity Lab, a 500-acre…
Georgia Allocates a Quarter of a Billion Dollars Towards Broadband Expansion
The state of Georgia announced $240 million in funding to expand broadband throughout the state. The funding will come from the U.S. Treasury $10B Capital Projects Fund program. The funding will be awarded through a…
