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…
The state of Texas received requests for $180 million in funding for its Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas (BOOT) rural broadband funding program. The program has a budget of $120 million. Despite the strong interest in the program, however, less…
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…
The state of Texas has begun accepting applications for $120 million for broadband deployments in rural areas. The awards will be made through the state’s Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas (BOOT) program. The funding came through the Capital Projects Fund…
Two states – Florida and Texas — recently announced new broadband infrastructure funding opportunities. A funding program announced last month for a third state—Georgia — will begin accepting applications soon. And two other states extended deadlines for application windows that…
States will get an average of $743 million in funding through the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, according to a state BEAD allocations estimate from carrier organization ACA Connects and research firm Cartesian. Texas is poised to get…
Four states – Alabama, Kentucky, Nevada and Texas – have been approved for projects funded through the Capital Projects Fund (CPF). The awards were announced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The awards total $793.7 million and will reach…
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…
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,…
Nextlink Internet and Wise County, Texas, have reached a $1.3 million agreement that will improve broadband available in the county. The agreement calls for 95% of households in the county to get services at 100 Mbps to 500 Mbps. The…
Public private broadband partnerships (PPPs) are in full swing, thanks to the unprecedented funding that has been made available for broadband deployments. The latest example comes from Polk County, Texas, where the county has partnered with two small rural telcos…
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