by Pivot
Category: South Carolina
Fourth Leg of the Relay Race: Meet the South Carolina State Broadband Director
Jim Stritzinger, Director of the South Carolina Broadband Office, likes “to think of the work we’re doing as an Olympic relay race.” The first leg, he told Telecompetitor, was the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic…
Comporium/York Electric Share Broadband Grant from Innovative South Carolina Program
Rural broadband provider Comporium said yesterday that it gave York Electric Cooperative (YEC) a check for nearly $1.1 million, which represents a portion of a grant that Comporium was awarded by the South Carolina Broadband…
South Carolina Recaps $400M in Broadband Grants Made, Including Last Batch
The state of South Carolina has completed awarding $400 million in broadband grants that were funded through federal programs created in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). A total of 19 companies were awarded funding…
AT&T Gigapower Joint Venture Will Expand to NC and SC Markets
Gigapower said today that it will expand to markets in North Carolina and South Carolina. The company, a joint venture between AT&T and investment firm BlackRock, deploys fiber broadband and uses an open access network…
Lumos and Others to Share $71.5M in SC Broadband Funding; State Accepts More Applications
The South Carolina Broadband Office (SCBBO) awarded $71.5 million in rural broadband funding to Lumos and at least one other provider this week. The funding came in the final round of the state’s American Rescue…
Local Providers Take Home All $112.3M in South Carolina Broadband Grants
South Carolina awarded $112.3 million in broadband grant funding to eight providers on Friday – and all eight winners are local providers based in the state, primarily rural ILECs. The awards were made through the…
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…
South Carolina Will Take Applications Soon in $100M Broadband Funding Program
The South Carolina Broadband Office (SCBBO) has established a new broadband funding program with a $100 million budget. Applications will be accepted from May 15 to July 15 and final awards announced in November. The…
South Carolina Will Use Its Entire $185M Capital Projects Fund Allocation for Broadband
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund (CPF) has awarded $185 million to the state of South Carolina for projects that are expected to bring broadband to over 31,000 unserved and underserved homes…
AT&T, Comcast, 13 Others Win South Carolina Broadband Funds Covering Half of Project Costs
AT&T and Comcast are among the top six winners of broadband funding from the state of South Carolina announced yesterday. Thirteen other companies also won funding. In total $132.8 million was awarded. The funding will…
Brightspeed Completes South Carolina Network That Received State Broadband Funding
Broadband provider Brightspeed has completed a network deployment in Eutawville, South Carolina that was funded, in part, through the South Carolina 2021 Rural Broadband Grant Program. The network provides service to more than 3,000 addresses…
Brightspeed to Pass 50K South Carolina Addresses with Fiber Broadband
Brightspeed will bring its all-fiber broadband network to 50,000 addresses in South Carolina. The first phase will focus on 14,000 addresses in Beaufort County and will be completed by the end of next year. The…