States are making plans for awarding funding in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, which has a total budget of $42.5 billion to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband in unserved rural areas. A key issue…
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Michigan Operators Seek $1.3B in Broadband Funding: $231M Available
Over 150 network operators applied for funding in a broadband program operated by the state of Michigan. The operators requested $1.3 billion in funding through the program, which has a budget of $231 million. Applications were due yesterday in the…
Report: $12B in Broadband Funding Committed to Date Through ARPA Programs
Approximately $12 billion in broadband funding has been awarded or budgeted to date through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), according to a report released today from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to commemorate ARPA’s second anniversary. The ARPA…
FCC Set to Reduce Nextlink CAF II Award by $21M, Nextlink Says “Please No”
Nextlink Internet says that it is almost two years ahead of schedule in construction related to its FCC’s Connect America Fund II (CAF II) auction winnings–but says that funding reductions “could imperil those advances” and has asked the FCC not to…
Consolidated Begins Offering Broadband Through Maine Public Private Partnership
Consolidated Communications now offers 2 Gbps symmetrical service to more than 3,000 homes and small businesses in parts of rural Maine. The deployment was funded, in part, through money awarded to the company and to the Maine Connectivity Authority. The…
Alabama Bill Would Use $260M of ARPA Funding for Broadband Deployments
Alabama legislators have proposed to allocate $260 million in funding for broadband deployments. The money would come from $1.1 billion recently awarded to the state through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). According to an Associated Press report, the bill…
CEO: Charter Rural Strategy Extends Beyond Government Funded Areas to “Perpetuity Growth”
The government funding that Charter has received for rural broadband deployments generates revenue opportunities for the company beyond the funded areas, Charter CEO Chris Winfrey told investors today. Winfrey noted that while the company has cited rural internal rates of…
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 and businesses in the state….
Cable Rural Broadband Funding Explosion Continues with Latest Alabama Awards
The cable rural broadband funding explosion continues, as two cable companies took home the lion’s share of awards of awards announced in Alabama on Friday. Mediacom was the big winner in the announcement. The company was awarded $13.4 million in…
NTIA Seeks Comment on Structuring $2.7 Billion in Grant Funding
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is seeking comment on the structure of $1.44 billion in funding for the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program and $1.25 billion for the Competitive Digital Equity Program. The two programs and the…
Consolidated Formally Announces $17M Win in Maine Broadband Grant Program
Consolidated Communications issued a formal announcement today stating that it has been awarded two broadband grants totaling $17 million from the Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) through the Connect the Ready program. The MCA announced the awards, along with awards made…
NTIA Makes Final Awards in Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today awarded more than $175 million to 61 colleges and universities as part of the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC). These will be the final awards made through the…
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