by Pivot
Tag: Middle Mile
Two States Invest in the Middle Mile; Zayo Gets a Big Contract
Two states – Nevada and Arizona — announced investment in middle mile networks recently. The Nevada news came this week, with the state awarding $250 million for a 2,500-mile open access fiber network that will…
United Communications Offers Details on Tennessee Funding Win
Franklin, Tenn. — (May 21, 2024) — Local internet provider United Communications announced that its recent $7.98 million award through the Middle Mile Buildout grant program will add 267 miles of high-capacity fiber to rural communities across…
Whidbey Telecom Selects Contractor for NTIA-Funded Middle Mile Network
Freeland, WA – Whidbey Telecom, a longtime internet and phone service provider in Washington state, has recently announced its plans to vastly improve the internet infrastructure from South Whidbey Island to Point Roberts, WA, and…
Range Adds Middle Mile Route Between Two States
Sheridan, WY — April 9th, 2024 — Range, a leading provider of broadband and telecommunications services, is thrilled to announce the addition of a new middle mile fiber route from Rapid City, South Dakota, to…
Will Latency Be the Next Rural/Urban Digital Divide?
The U.S. is at risk of experiencing a new type of rural/urban digital divide, said stakeholders at the RTIME conference in Tampa on Monday. “Latency is becoming the new currency,” said Brent Legg, executive vice…
Charter, Uniti, Alabama Fiber Network, 9 Others Share $188M in Alabama Middle Mile Funding
Charter Communications, Uniti Fiber, and nine smaller companies have been awarded funding totaling $188 million from the state of Alabama to cover some of the costs of building middle mile networks in the state. The…
Talking BEAD, Economic Development and the State’s Middle Mile Network with Arizona’s Broadband Director
“We’re set up to attract, expand, and create new businesses and job opportunities while at the same time be unimpeded by government red tape and mandates,” said Sandip Bhowmick, state broadband director and vice president…
Mecklenburg Electric/ EMPOWER Broadband to Launch Middle Mile Network
November 29, 2023 — Mecklenburg Electric brings middle mile for broadband to rural Virginia and North Carolina with Ciena Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (MEC) serves 31,000 member accounts over 4,511 square miles in nine Southside Virginia and…
California Middle Mile Funding Will Go to Lumen and Others
The California Department of Technology awarded funding to Lumen and others for a middle mile network covering a large part of the state. The news came at a meeting of the middle mile advisory committee…
NTIA Makes Final Middle Mile Awards: $50M in Four States
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program’s final awards will provide almost $50 million to four organizations in New Hampshire, Tennessee, Virginia and Wyoming. The Middle Mile program had…
NTIA Middle Mile Awards: $930M to Zayo, Hawaiian Telcom, 30 Others
Zayo was the biggest winner in the NTIA Middle Mile awards to be announced today. The company is slated to receive $92.8 million of $930 million awarded through the program for three separate projects touching…
Lit Fiber Makes Progress on Brownsville Public-Private Partnership Build
Brownsville, Texas – June 6, 2023 – /PRNewswire/ — Construction of the City of Brownsville’s middle-mile fiber network continues to make great progress as the Lit Fiber – BTX (“Lit,” or “BTX Fiber” when referring to the middle mile…