Oregon faces a range of challenges on the route to making broadband available throughout the state, said Nick Batz, director of the Oregon Broadband Office, in an interview with Telecompetitor. “Our biggest challenge is the size of the state,” he…
Oregon
Big Ambitions: Oregon Co-ops Buy Majority Stake in Data Center
Two Oregon telecommunications cooperatives – Canby Telephone Association and Scio Mutual Telephone Association (SMTA) – formed a partnership on December 30 of last year to buy a majority stake in the Cascade Divide Data Center in Bend, Oregon. The price…
12 More States Get Digital Equity, BEAD Planning Grants from NTIA
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has continued the fast pace of announcements of planning grants for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity programs. The NTIA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce,…
Ziply Fiber Acquiring Eastern Oregon Net
Ziply Fiber says that it has agreed to acquire Eastern Oregon Net (EONI), a provider of fiber broadband, fixed wireless and voice services to residential and commercial customers in Baker, Union and Wallowa counties in northeast Oregon. The transaction must…
FBA Study Highlights Rural Broadband Benefits in Oregon County
Rural Douglas County, OR, has benefited greatly from broadband infrastructure, according to the first in an expected series of reports about rural broadband benefits released by the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA). The study, which was conducted on behalf of the…
USDA ReConnect Illinois, Oregon, South Carolina Awards Total $16.4 Million
The USDA has made an additional $16.4 million in awards in three states through the ReConnect rural broadband program. The USDA ReConnect grants and grant/loan combinations went to telecommunications companies serving Illinois, Oregon and South Carolina. In all, the awards…
$7.4 M in CAF II Authorizations Made for Oklahoma, Oregon
The FCC has authorized total funding of more than $7.4 million to service providers Redwire and Viasat Carrier Services to deploy broadband in rural areas of Oklahoma and Oregon, respectively. It is the thirteenth wave of authorizations from the Connect…
Oregon Fiber Partnership Upgrades State Broadband Network Using CenturyLink Fiber
The Oregon Fiber Partnership has taken a step toward upgrading the state’s broadband by buying more than 1,500 miles of optical fiber from CenturyLink. The partnership is composed of the Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, the Oregon Health…
