Kwikom, a broadband provider based in Kansas that also serves some markets in Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma, has begun work on fiber deployments in several Kansas markets. Deployments in some of these markets were funded, in part, through a state…
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Kansas Broadband Director: BEAD Funds Will Be Enough If 25% Goes to FWA
The $451 million that Kansas will receive in the BEAD rural broadband funding program will be sufficient to make service available to everyone in the state if 25% of it goes to fixed wireless access (FWA), said Jade Piros de…
AT&T: We’ve Won Broadband Funding for 130K Locations in Past Year
AT&T says that it has leveraged public-private partnerships to bring its broadband fiber network to more than 130,000 locations during the past year. The funding for these projects includes funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and investment from…
Two Years After Acquisition, Twin Valley Puts its Brand on SKT
SKT is being rebranded to Twin Valley, the brand of the company that acquired it in April 2021. The rebranding will be completed this year. Twin Valley says that at the time of the acquisition it and SKT were the…
Pew: How Capital Projects Funds Are Used Varies from State to State
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 State with the Best Gigabit Broadband Availability is . . .
North Dakota ranks as best connected state gigabit broadband availability, according to a new report from Smarthomestarter.com. North Dakota broadband providers offer gigabit service to 60.58% of residential locations in the state — the highest percentage in the nation, according…
Kansas Announces $30M for Broadband Deployments
The state of Kansas is making $30 million available for broadband deployments. The funding will come from the state’s Lasting Infrastructure and Network Connectivity (LINC) program. The news came in a press release last week from Kansas Governor Laura Kelly….
AT&T, Cox Win Kansas Broadband Funds, But Weren’t the Biggest Winners
Kansas has awarded $44.5 million in funding to nine broadband providers in the third and final awards phase of the Kansas Capital Project Funds (CPF) Broadband Infrastructure Program, according to Kansas Commerce. The funding will serve 18,468 locations in 15…
Big RDOF Winner Resound Receives Final Authorization for Gigabit/FWA Plans
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…
NTIA: All States Now Have Digital Equity, BEAD Planning Funds
All states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia now have received Digital Equity and Broadband Equity Access and Deployment, or BEAD, planning funds, according to NTIA. The news is based on three more states – Massachusetts, Kansas and New…
Kansas Invests $15.7 Million from Capital Projects Fund in Broadband
The state of Kansas wasted no time in putting some of the funding it received from the federal Capital Projects Fund to work. Seven service providers will receive a total of $15.7 million to bring high-speed broadband service to underserved,…
Comcast to Deploy Fiber Broadband in Spring Hill, Kansas
Comcast plans to deploy fiber broadband in a $9 million build in Spring Hill, Kansas, a company spokesperson told Telecompetitor. While cable companies traditionally have based their broadband offerings on hybrid fiber coax and DOCSIS technology, the news illustrates that…
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