Eight states are addressing homes underserved by broadband through programs that fund some of the costs of line extensions, according to a recent Pew Charitable Trusts post. Each state’s program is a bit different from the others. Most of the…
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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…
More State Broadband Funding for Charter and Comcast as Maine Awards $20M
Charter and Comcast added more state broadband funding to their coffers as the state of Maine announced $20 million in awards to nine providers in its Reach Me line extension program. The program pays some of the costs for providers…
How Will States Determine Unserved Areas for BEAD? Two States Told Us Their Plans
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…
Consolidated Begins Offering Broadband Through Maine Public Private Partnership
Consolidated Communications now offers 2 Gbps symmetrical service to more than 3,000 homes and small businesses in parts of rural Maine. The deployment was funded, in part, through money awarded to the company and to the Maine Connectivity Authority. The…
Consolidated Formally Announces $17M Win in Maine Broadband Grant Program
Consolidated Communications issued a formal announcement today stating that it has been awarded two broadband grants totaling $17 million from the Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) through the Connect the Ready program. The MCA announced the awards, along with awards made…
Consolidated Wins $17M in Maine Broadband Funding; TDS, Local Providers Share $17M More
Consolidated Communications won two grants totaling approximately $17 million in the Connect the Ready broadband funding program administered by the Maine Connectivity Authority. Four other providers, including TDS Telecom, won an additional $17 million in the program. The funding will…
Maine Takes Applications for $100M in Broadband Grants
The Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) is accepting applications for $100 million for Broadband Infrastructure Grants through the new Connect the Ready Program. Connect the Ready is one of several projects in the state funded by $150 million from the American…
Four States Get $357M in Treasury Capital Projects Funding for Broadband
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that four states have been approved to receive $357 million for broadband project through the American Rescue Plan’s Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF). The four states are Kansas, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota….
Consolidated Fidium Fiber Adds Additional Maine Markets
Consolidated Communications says that 34,000 homes in Bangor, Portland, Rockland and South Portland, Maine can preorder its Fidium Fiber gigabit broadband service. By the end of the year, more than 150,000 households will have access to Fidium Fiber, according to…
TDS Building Fiber Networks in Almost 40 Maine Communities
TDS Telecommunications has announced fiber projects across 37 Maine communities. The overall initiative will bring upload and download speeds as fast as 2 Gbps to about 21,000 addresses across the municipalities. The communities are: Athens; Avon; Bigelow Township; Brighton Plantation;…
Consolidated to Bring Fiber to Maine Via NTIA Funded Public/Private Partnership
Leveraging funds from an $18.3 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Consolidated Communications plans to deliver Fidium fiber internet to 22,000 rural Maine homes and businesses through a public/private partnership with Connect Maine. Connect Maine was…
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