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Tag: Rural Broadband
Paul Bunyan Communications to Expand to 2,000 Additional Locations in St. Louis County, Minnesota
Paul Bunyan Communications will be expanding its all-fiber optic network the GigaZone®, to over 2,000 more locations in St. Louis County this year with five different projects. Areas of Angora, Alango, and Owens Townships in…
A Data Center Middle-Mile Solution Could Also Serve Rural Broadband Providers
The middle mile has been a problem for rural broadband service providers (BSPs) since early DSL services in the 1990s. Even today, the distance between a rural BSP’s service area to the nearest connection to…
Oregon Opens BEAD Application Window
The state of Oregon has opened its application window for broadband service providers (BSPs) and other entities applying for grants under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The program is being administered in…
Frontier Wins Big in Second Round of Connecticut Broadband Grant Funding
Frontier Communications was the big winner in the second round of funding in the ConneCTed Communities Grant Program, a Connecticut broadband initiative. The awards, which total $9.9 million, will support build out of broadband to…
Idaho Announces List of Prequalified BEAD Providers
The Idaho Broadband Office has announced 43 approvals of applications in the prequalification phase of the state’s Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program subgrantee selection. The 43 approvals — some of which are provisional…
Analyst Highlights Four Possible Paths for BEAD Rural Broadband Reforms
The U.S. Commerce Department appears to be shooting for mid-May to announce anticipated reforms to the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) rural broadband funding program, according to Washington insider Blair Levin. In…
Appalachian Regional Commission Broadband Grant to Connect 200 Ohio Homes
Residents of Meigs County, Ohio — a county whose eastern edge borders West Virginia and the winding Ohio River — are set to benefit from a Broadband-as-a-Service project broadband grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.…
FiberLight to Strengthen Virginia Holdings with Metro Fiber Networks Acquisition
In a deal that would focus on Virginia Beach and Richmond, Virginia, networking provider FiberLight LLC will acquire Metro Fiber Networks if a definitive agreement the companies signed closes. The deal is expected to close…
Brightspeed Wins Big Again in North Carolina Broadband Awards
Brightspeed won awards to cover some of the costs of bringing broadband to 11 North Carolina counties yesterday. A total of $29 million in funding was awarded for 17 counties in total. Other companies awarded…
TDS Selling Strasburg Phone Company to Eastern Slope Rural Telephone
TDS Telecommunications LLC and the Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Association have entered into a stock purchase agreement under which ownership of the Strasburg Telephone Company will move from TDS to Eastern Slope. “As the local…
Broadband Grows, but the Digital Divide Remains: Study
Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence study for the second half of last year had contradictory results: While many states made “sizable gains” in broadband in 2024, there was no “sweeping improvement” in the digital divide. The reason…
North Carolina Launches $17M Digital Opportunity Grant Program
RALEIGH, NC — April 10, 2025 — The N.C. Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) today announced the launch of the state’s $17 million Digital Opportunity grant program, which will expand North Carolinians’ access to digital devices,…