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. The good news is that…
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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 counties. Financial and other details…
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 fiber cable, are Summerville, Trion,…
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 awards are for Calhoun (1,425…
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 Million, went to the City…
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, which were made through the…
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 planning grants total $29,571,055.05. In…
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 “living laboratory” for academic, public…
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 competitive grant program, according to…
New Provider LiveOak Fiber Announces Projects in Georgia and Florida
LiveOak Fiber, a new fiber-based service provider, has gotten an initial investment of $150 million from InfraRed Capital Partners and announced projects in Glynn County, GA and Okaloosa County, FL. InfraRed and LiveOak intend to provide 10 Gbps services to…
Conexon Connect Wins $90M Project with Electric Company in Georgia
Flint Energies, an electric membership corporation in Georgia, has selected Conexon Connect to provide a FTTH-based broadband network in its middle Georgia service area. Conexon Connect is the internet service provider (ISP) arm of rural fiber broadband design and construction…
ARPA Program Will Help Windstream Fund $300M in Broadband Projects Across Georgia
Windstream has won funding for 18 projects to deploy high-speed broadband in 18 Georgia counties. The Georgia ARPA broadband projects will be funded, in part, through money allotted to counties in the state in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)….
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