How states are using money allotted to them through the federal Capital Projects Fund (CPF) varies considerably from one state to the next, according to Pew Charitable Trusts, which has been keeping tabs on state broadband funding programs. Each state…
The U.S. Treasury has approved Capital Projects Fund money for Delaware and Idaho. Delaware will receive $65.9 million and Idaho will receive $120 million. The Capital Project Fund has a total budget of $10 billion and is designed to allot…
Google Fiber is planning to deploy service in Pocatello, Idaho, its first market in that state. The company plans to begin deploying service this year. The first customers are expected to be connected in mid-2024. “Pocatello is growing and reliable…
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 $260 million in funding from…
States are making plans for awarding funding in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, which has a total budget of $42.5 billion to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband in unserved rural areas. A key issue…
Not all state-level broadband funding awards are going to commercial service providers, as recent news from Idaho illustrates. The Idaho Broadband Advisory Board made two awards earlier this month. An award for $20 million went to the Idaho Regional Optical…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded Idaho planning grants totaling nearly $5 million for the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The funding will be used to plan how the state…
TDS Telecommunications LLC is expanding its all-fiber network to offer asymmetrical 2 Gbps service to the Magic Valley area of Idaho. The service provider will make its services available to about 32,000 addresses in Twin Falls, Burley and Jerome. The…
TDS Telecom continued its flurry of news with the announcement that it will build a network of almost 800 miles in Nampa, Idaho that will support broadband service at 2 Gbps symmetrically. The network, which will be built with more…
TDS Metrocom has announced plans to build a 1 Gbps-capable fiber-to-the-home network to provide service to more than 42,000 homes in the Coeur d’Alene area of Idaho. The network also will cover homes and businesses in Post Falls, Hayden and…
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