Dakota Carrier Network, a statewide North Dakota network owned by 14 rural broadband providers, is providing connectivity to some unusual data centers operated by Crusoe Energy Systems. The data centers, located in rural areas of the state, operate on natural…
Dobson Fiber and Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) have entered into an agreement to build about 350 miles of new fiber and use 600 miles of Dobson’s existing network to upgrade the utility’s communications network. The upgrade will support new…
MetroNet and the City of Hickory, North Carolina are partnering to bring MetroNet’s fiber optic internet, TV and phone service to businesses and residents. The press release seems to imply that the MetroNet deal with the city of Hickory is…
The Atlantic Telephone Membership Cooperative (ATMC) has completed the first of four phases of a broadband deployment project in rural North Carolina funded, in part, through the USDA ReConnect program. Broadband services reaching gigabit speeds now are available to residents…
Rural fiber penetration now stands at 23%, according to a study conducted by Pivot Group (parent company of Telecompetitor) and sponsored by Innovative Systems. In comparison to national numbers, market research firm RVA, LLC reported just over 20 million homes…
Portland, Maine – April 1, 2021 – Consolidated Communications, (NASDAQ: CNSL), a top 10 fiber provider in the U.S., was tapped by the town of Eastbrook, Maine, to construct a high-speed, fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) Internet network to nearly 500 municipal locations,…
Trussville, Ala. (April 1, 2021) – C Spire continued its expansion in Alabama by recently connecting its first customers in Trussville to its ultra-fast, fiber-based Gigabit broadband internet and related services. Trussville becomes the second Alabama city – following Jasper…
NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine, March 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Otelco Inc. (NASDAQ: OTEL) (“Otelco” or the “Company”), a wireline telecommunications services provider in Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, Vermont, and West Virginia, today announced an entity formed by Oak…
Tilson Broadband is deploying a fiber broadband network that will bring service to 500 unserved or underserved residents and businesses in Danville, Lunenburg and St. Johnsbury, Vermont by December. The Vermont broadband build is supported by grants from the state….
A barrage of statements from broadband provider associations and think tanks followed the announcement yesterday of the Biden administration’s proposal for an American Jobs Plan, which, if adopted, would provide $100 billion for broadband. While the providers expressed support for…
US Ignite has awarded grants to seven communities under Project OVERCOME, a $2.7 million effort designed to bring broadband to unconnected communities via novel solutions. The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) conceived of the initiative and is providing $2.25 million…
HOUSTON, TX — March 25, 2021 – CHR Solutions announces that Beacon Broadband has selected Omnia360 as their business software solution. Beacon Broadband is a subsidiary of Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative (CCEC) in Southern Oregon and is building a fiber-to-the-premises network…
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