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Fiber Gigabit-Capable Broadband Service Coming to Rural Tx & Ar
Here s some great news if you live in the more rural areas surrounding Texarkana, Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative, through a wholly-owned fiber subsidiary, has secured more than $53 million through the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to deliver gigabit-capable broadband service. The fiber entity will offer service throughout the rural Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas communities served by Southwest Arkansas Electric, along with designated rural communities in Louisiana.
According to the press release, the cooperative’s fiber entity intends to launch a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network to serve 100% of the 26,000-plus homes and businesses in its 11-county service territory. The RDOF funding will enable it to launch and deploy the gigabit-speed network to its members in a timely and cost-effective manner, allowing them to realize the economic, educational and community benefits
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Prince George Electric Co-op gets $6M in federal funds to expand rural broadband service
Officials announce the award Monday morning, say its Ruralband subsidiary will use the money to build out its network to more than 1,300 miles of fiber
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Prince George Electric Cooperative s Ruralband subsidiary is getting more than $6 million from the Federal Communications Commission to expand broadband service to five counties in central and southeast Virginia, including Prince George and Dinwiddie.
The money is coming from the FCC s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund s phase 1 auction.
Ruralband and PGEC said in a statement Monday that they will use the federal dollars to expand its home service to customers in Prince George, Dinwiddie, Isle of Wight, Surry and Sussex counties. Currently, more than 5,000 customers are in its fiber-to-the-home program.
CARROLLTON Carroll County is receiving $4.1 million to bring high-speed broadband service into more rural areas of the county.
It s part of the Federal Communications Commission s effort to provide broadband service in rural areas across the country. Ohio is slated to receive $170 million during the first phase of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program. I view internet service as a necessity in these days, Carroll County Commissioner Christopher Modranski said. There are a lot of areas that are either unserved or under served. That has always been a talking point here.
Four companies have been chosen to bring the needed upgrades to the county. CCO Holdings, also known as Charter Communications, of Stamford, Conn., is receiving the largest portion of the work as its share of the project is valued at $3.16 million. Charter Communications also is known by Charter Spectrum.