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Three area internet service providers have been awarded over $5 million from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expand broadband access to rural Iowa. Corn Belt Telephone in Wall Lake received $42,237, Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone Company (FMCTC) in Harlan was awarded $12,447 and Windstream Communications received $5.3 million in grants in phase one of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. Gov. Kim Reynolds says, “Access to high-speed internet access is an essential part of everyday life. The FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund builds on the efforts we have underway through my empower rural Iowa initiative as well as significant funds we have allocated through the CARES Act. I appreciate President Trump and his Administration for helping us secure broadband internet access for Iowa’s rural communities.” Nearly all locations eligible for the award will receive broadband of speeds up to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) with approximately 85 percent receiving gi

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