Following a process that started this past April and sparked a wide range of opinions, the Philomath City Council finalized its decision Monday night on how to spend just over $160,000 in America Rescue Plan Act funds.
Oregon’s $13.2M PEAK Project Bolsters Rural Internet
More than 5,600 rural residents of Linn and Polk counties in Oregon will soon have access to high-speed Internet, thanks to $13.5 million being invested by the ongoing PEAK Internet project. by Alex Paul, Albany Democrat-Herald / January 29, 2021 Shutterstock/Nathan Smith01
(TNS) More than 5,600 rural residents of Linn and
Polk counties in Oregon will soon have access to high-speed Internet, thanks to $13.5 million being invested by PEAK Internet.
Funds will be divided between a $6.6 million grant and a $6.6 million loan through the
U.S. Department of Agriculture and part of $550 million
Congress has allocated to the ReConnect Program.
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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 will provide FTTP networks to bring services to 11,279 people, 64 businesses, 56 farms as well as educational and community organizations.
Adams TelSystems Inc. will use a $1.6 million grant to deploy a network that will connect 441 people, 34 farms and four businesses in Adams County, IL.