In this first round, Tennessee received 298 BEAD applications that cover 174 of the state’s 178 Project Area Units (PAUs).
With this new round of funding, Tennessee reports that it has now provided $683 million in broadband infrastructure funding.
Middle Tennessee Electric is the majority owner of United Communications, which is expanding a project that initially got state funding.
Four companies won Tennessee last mile broadband awards totaling $24 million. Middle mile grants totaled $73.2 million.
A Ubiquity open access network will support FiberFirst broadband at speeds up to 5 Gbps in Omaha. Meanwhile, Ting plans to use a
The Google Fiber Murfreesboro deployment comes on the heels of another announcement about fiber broadband in
As part of the project, United Communications invested $85M towards free internet in Murfreesboro Housing Authority locations for low-income
Tennessee broadband director Taylre M. Beaty talked to us about the state’s plan to award $60 million in deployment funding to
The Tennessee broadband grants will include $60M for a last mile program and $125M for a middle mile program. The grants will cover
Google Fiber plans to begin building in the seventh largest Tennessee city early next year and to begin offering service by
Gigabit broadband availability is best in the central part of the U.S., according to research from Smarthomestarter.com. The state with
The Tennessee broadband funding went to Project UNITE, a group of providers spearheaded by local provider United Communications. The group is
The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity planning grants will be used to develop plans that will be
Through its Project UNITE program, United Communications has surpassed 50K passings for its fiber broadband network.
AT&T, Charter and Comcast will receive Tennessee broadband grants. The biggest award announced will go to United Telephone Company, which
Brightspeed Tennessee plans call for making service available to 60,000 addresses by the end of next year, assuming that the
The Charter rural broadband funding aspirations include more than just RDOF as an application for funding through the ….
The latest batch of USDA ReConnect Tennessee awards went to five companies. The awards are in addition to several previous ones made in the state. In
CenturyLink Tennessee plans include linking new fiber facilities in Collierville with existing infrastructure to create a 59-mile ring that will link
Like most utility companies that go into broadband, Newport Utilities initially used fiber-to-the-home. But we will see a utility company fixed wireless
Tennesee USDA ReConnect awards went to four companies, with some receiving grants and some receiving a combination of grants and loans. In Georgia,
Founded last year, Progressive Broadband has deployed infrastructure that some wireless ISPs wait to build until they build up a customer…
The USDA ReConnect pilot program awarded a $2.85 million grant to a Tennessee electric cooperative to bring 100 Mbps service to 347 households that can’t get broadband at speeds of 10 Mbps or higher today.