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Category: Illinois
Illinois Releases BEAD Application Guidelines, Prioritizes Hard-to-Serve Units
The Illinois subgrantee BEAD application and selection process will consist of up to three waves, beginning January 23.
NTIA Approves Illinois’ Digital Equity Capacity Grant Application
Illinois will use the $23,732,912 of NTIA Capacity Grant funds to create a dashboard to measure progress toward digital equity.
Frontier Awarded $6.5M Grant to Expand Fiber Broadband in Rural Illinois County
Frontier plans to connect more than 700 homes and businesses to fiber broadband service in rural Illinois, through a Connect Illinois grant.
Illinois Awards $328M for Broadband to Frontier, Comcast, Local Providers, Others
The biggest winners in this round of Illinois broadband funding were Jo-Carroll Energy Co-op and ProTek Communications.
Illinois Rolls Out Rural Broadband Funding: Frontier to Get $24.7M
The Illinois broadband funding comes through the Connect Illinois program, which is accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Illinois Broadband Director is a State Broadband Veteran
Matt Schmit, Illinois broadband director, told us about his experiences shaping the widely admired Minnesota Border-to-Border
Illinois Program Aims to Help Rural Counties Win Broadband Funding
The Illinois Soybean Association and the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society are spearheading Broadband Breakthrough, which aims to
$63M in ReConnect Funding Goes to Providers in Four States
Two telecom cooperatives are slated to receive rural broadband ReConnect funding. USDA also awarded grants to
Beyond Missouri: Bluebird Completes 126-Mile Illinois Network Buildout
Bluebird Network was created through the merger of a Missouri statewide network and another company. After a cash infusion from
12 More States Get Digital Equity, BEAD Planning Grants from NTIA
Broadband Equity Access and Deployment or BEAD planning grants are to enable states to put together plans for how they will award
T-Mobile Brings 5G Home Internet to 70 Markets in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet fixed wireless service will be available to 6 million homes in Illinois, Michigan and
AT&T Illinois to Pay $23 Million Fine in Criminal Investigation
According to a Department of Justice AT&T Illinois investigation, the company paid $22,500 to a friend of former Illinois Speaker of the
Brightspeed to Pass 69K Addresses in Illinois and Michigan
Brightspeed Illinois plans call for the company to make fiber broadband service available to 14,000 addresses by the end of next year and
Illinois Electric Cooperative Uses Fixed Wireless for CAF II Build
Illinois Electric Cooperative fixed wireless plans include private wireless and providing 100/20 Mbps service using the CBRS band
Shawnee Communications Gets Connect Illinois Funding for $22 Million Broadband Project
The State of Illinois will contribute $7 million toward a $22 million Shawnee Communications broadband expansion that will bring
USDA ReConnect Illinois, Oregon, South Carolina Awards Total $16.4 Million
A USDA ReConnect Illinois award went to Adams TelSystems for $1.6 million. In Oregon, an award went to Casco Communications for
USDA ReConnect Awards Made in West Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota
A Minnesota USDA ReConnect award went to Consolidated Telephone company. The $7.4 million award came in the form of a grant. Other awardees
USDA ReConnect Awards in Tennessee, Georgia, Illinois
Tennesee USDA ReConnect awards went to four companies, with some receiving grants and some receiving a combination of grants and loans. In Georgia,
Statewide Fiber Network Consolidation: Bluebird to Acquire Illinois Network Alliance
When completed, the Bluebird Illinois Network Alliance deal will bring Bluebird’s route miles to 9,300. This isn’t the first time Bluebird has acted as a fiber network consolidator. The company was . . .