AT&T partnered with Vanderburgh County, Indiana for a broadband public-private partnership (PPP), which will eventually bring fiber to 20K locations throughout largely rural Vanderburgh County. The total cost of the project is $39 million, with AT&T pitching in close to…
Martinsville, IN and AT&T have agreed to a $6.3 million public-private partnership that will bring a fiber broadband network capable of serving 5,000 locations to the city. The deal is contingent on a final contract between the two parties. 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…
AT&T and Louisiana are working to finalize a $19 million public private partnership to bring a fiber broadband to 9,800 addresses in 13 parishes. The project will go forward when the state and carrier sign a contract. The network would…
Regional provider Arvig and Redwood County, Minnesota, have agreed to work together on a $4.4 million public-private partnership to bring fiber to eight cities in the county. The linchpin of the project will be approval of an application for a…
Town of Lakewood, Duluth, MN, July 11, 2022 — Officials in Lakewood Township and St. Louis County announced a new public-private partnership with Mediacom Communications that will result in the construction of a 60-mile fiber-optic network offering ultra-high-speed fiber broadband services…
Regional cable MSO Breezeline, formerly Atlantic Broadband, has entered into two public-private partnerships in Maryland. The larger of the two partnerships will extend broadband to 524 homes and businesses in Cecil, St. Mary’s and Queen Anne’s counties. Breezeline is contributing…
BOONVILLE, IND., July 06, 2022 — The city of Boonville, Indiana and AT&T* have finalized a $4.4 million contract that will result in AT&T building its state-of-the-art fiber network to more than 4,000 locations throughout the city. “This is an…
AT&T and Amarillo have a tentative agreement on a $24 million symmetrical 5 Gbps fiber network build that will pass 22,000 homes, businesses and government agencies in the Texas city. The agreement must be approved by the city and a…
The goal of a $10.5 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to Merit Network and Michigan State University is to interconnect the state’s Internet pathways to create a statewide middle mile network. The Michigan Open Optical…
In our newest Broadband Innovator interview series, we get valuable insight from former NTIA executive Scott Woods of Broadband.Money about the intersection of public policy and business in the broadband industry.
Cox said yesterday that it is pursuing public private partnerships as it continues to deploy broadband in rural areas. The news was part of some details that the company provided about $400 million that it plans to invest over the…
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