The USDA today said it will make $1.15 billion available in the next round of the ReConnect program to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband to rural areas where broadband is not available today. Areas in which 90%…
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USDA ReConnect Program Resurfaces, Awards $21.4M for Fiber Projects
The USDA ReConnect program has granted $21 million to two providers to deploy FTTP networks in rural New York State. The awards are part of the second round of the program. The last announcement for the program was back in…
USDA ReConnect Helps Fund Circle Fiber 10-Gigabit Missouri Network
Circle Fiber is building a FTTP network supporting 10 gigabit speeds to Cape Girardeau County, Missouri using funding from the USDA ReConnect program. Circle Fiber, which is an operating unit of 30-year-old Big River Communications of Missouri, will eventually pass…
USDA ReConnect Illinois, Oregon, South Carolina Awards Total $16.4 Million
The USDA has made an additional $16.4 million in awards in three states through the ReConnect rural broadband program. The USDA ReConnect grants and grant/loan combinations went to telecommunications companies serving Illinois, Oregon and South Carolina. In all, the awards…
Georgia Telco Gets $4.6M USDA ReConnect Grant
The USDA ReConnect program has granted the Pembroke Telephone Company $4.6 million to build a FTTP network in rural Georgia. The grant will be used to deploy a network connecting 3,444 people living in 1,326 households, 73 farms and 19…
Louisiana Telco Gets $12M USDA ReConnect Award
The USDA ReConnect program is investing $12.2 million to bring broadband to unserved and underserved areas of Louisiana. The Louisiana USDA ReConnect award goes to The Star Telephone Company. The investment will be evenly split between a grant and a…
Republicans Call for Audit of $1.4 Billion ReConnect Rural Broadband Program, Citing Overbuilding
Republican members of the Congressional Commerce Committee are calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to audit the USDA’s Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program, commonly referred to as the ReConnect program. The ReConnect audit request came in the form of a…
Alaska Will See FTTP Expansion Thanks to Latest ReConnect Awards
The USDA ReConnect program has awarded three grants totaling $11.3 million that will add Alaska FTTP based projects. In all, the projects potentially will serve 1,343 people, 52 businesses and other important locations such as schools and fire stations. The…
USDA ReConnect Virginia Award Goes to Electric Cooperative
The USDA ReConnect Program has continued its string of rural broadband investments with a grant award to The Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative to deploy a FTTP network to connect rural Brunswick and Halifax counties in Virginia. The USDA ReConnect Virginia award…
USDA ReConnect Round 2 Passes $615M with $46M in New Rural Broadband Awards
Round 2 of the USDA ReConnect Program invested an additional $46 million in 10 projects in seven states over the past few days. The investments, which all are for fiber-to-the premise networks, bring the USDA ReConnect Round 2 total to…
USDA ReConnect Budget Expected to Get $150 Million Boost for Rural Broadband
The USDA already has awarded the full $550 million budget allocated for Phase 2 of the ReConnect rural broadband program. But it may award as much as an additional $150 million, a USDA official told Telecompetitor. The agency can do…
With $37M Award, USDA ReConnect Has Now Reached Total Announced Round 2 Budget
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect program late last week announced six awards with a total value of $37 million for fiber broadband networks in rural Alabama. Total awards made now surpass the $550 million USDA ReConnect Round 2 budget….
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