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Atlantic Broadband Finances Virginia Project With State Broadband Funding Posted on Share
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More than 1,200 homes and businesses in four Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, counties will have access to broadband through a $7.2 million Atlantic Broadband project that will be partly funded by a state broadband grant from the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI).
The counties Caroline, Mathews, Lancaster and Middlesex – will be linked by a 130-mile network. The project, which is expected to take 18 months to complete, will get a grant of $4.2 million from VATI and $3 million evenly split by Atlantic Broadband and the four counties.
Atlantic Broadband to Extend Broadband to Four Rural Virginia Counties
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QUINCY, MA–Atlantic Broadband will partner with state and local officials in Virginia to extend the availability of broadband internet in four rural, coastal Chesapeake Bay counties.
The $7.2 million, 130-mile project will reach more than 1,200 homes and businesses in Caroline, Mathews, Lancaster and Middlesex counties and will take 18 months to complete.
The initiative is being funded through a $4.2 million Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) grant, $1.5 million contributed by the four local counties, and $1.5 million from Atlantic Broadband. VATI is a state-funded program administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to help local communities expand their telecommunications infrastructure.