by Pivot
Category: Virginia
$41M in Virginia Broadband Grants on Tap for Comcast, Brightspeed, Eight Others
The state of Virginia announced $41 million in grants to cover some of the costs of broadband deployments to unserved areas this week. Awards were made through the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI) and went to…
Wilkes/RiverStreet Scores Big Loan For Fiber Broadband Projects
RiverStreet Networks, a sister company of rural provider Wilkes Communications, has received a $191.1 million loan from CoBank that will go, in part, to refinance legacy USDA Rural Utilities Service financing and, in part, to…
Virginia Broadband Director Shares How the State Got a Head Start on BEAD
Virginia will be receiving nearly $1.5 billion in BEAD rural broadband funding – one of the higher amounts allotted in the program. Telecompetitor talked with Dr. Tamarah Holmes, director of the state’s broadband office, about…
Verizon Exec Details Pennsylvania Funding Win, Company Also Gets Virginia Money
Verizon won broadband funding from two Pennsylvania counties recently. In an interview with Telecompetitor, Verizon Vice President of Business Operations for Wireline Networks Doug Sullivan offered details about the wins, which are for areas where…
Pew: Eight States Fund Broadband Line Extension
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…
Breezeline, Shentel and Verizon Among Virginia Broadband Funding Awardees
Breezeline, Shentel and Verizon won funding for two broadband projects apiece through the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI) yesterday. The funding will cover some of the costs to bring broadband to unserved and underserved areas, with…
Pew: State Funding Spurs Broadband to Public Housing
As an unprecedented amount of funding has become available for broadband deployments, several states have taken steps to direct funding toward low-income areas and public housing. A new post from the Pew Charitable Trusts Broadband…
Full Speed Ahead for Lumos Virginia Fiber Expansion
Regional operator Lumos has received franchise approvals from the Virginia cities of Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach to deploy broadband fiber capable of cumulatively serving as many as 85,000 residents and small businesses. The deployment…
Brightspeed’s Busy Week Continues with Outline of Virginia Fiber Plans
Just two days after announcing the markets where it plans to build in North Carolina, Brightspeed has made a similar announcement for Virginia. The company says that it will pass 130,000 addresses in the Commonwealth…
First Capital Projects Fund Awards Made for Broadband, $583M to Four States
More than 200,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana, New Hampshire, Virginia and West Virginia will gain broadband connectivity with the help of funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s new Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund…
Lumos to Expand Virginia Fiber Footprint
Lumos Networks is expanding its Virginia fiber footprint with the addition of 12,000 homes and businesses in five communities. The project, which the company says will be completed by the end of next year, will…
Virginia Expects Universal Broadband Access by 2024
Virginia expects to become one of the first states to achieve universal broadband access by 2024 thanks to a combination of public and private funding. Governor Ralph Northam announced yesterday that the commonwealth expects more…
