The ReConnect Program offers unique federal financing options in the form of grants, loans, and combinations thereof to create or improve rural e-Connectivity for rural customers across America.
USDA invested in 75 projects in the first round of the ReConnect Program. The investments represent $695.12 million in grant and loan funding for high-speed internet. The funded service areas include a total of 133,123 households.
Below are details about the FY 2019 Funding Opportunity Announcement awardees.
75
Entities with Active Awards
$695.12 million
Amount Awarded
35
Total States and Territories
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Applicant: Orangeburg County
Location: South Carolina
Total square miles: 120.65
Funded Service Area Households: 3,911
Award amount: $9,750,000
This Rural Development investment will provide Orangeburg County with the opportunity to use $9,750,00 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to build state-of-the-art, Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) architecture in rural areas of South Carolina. The funded service areas include 3,911 households, 9 critical community facilities, 13 educational facilities, and one health care center spread over 120.65 square miles. The project will allow individuals living in the funded service area access improved services and opportunities.
Applicant: Oklahoma Western Telephone Company
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 115.91
Funded Service Area Households: 321
Award amount: $4,202,222
This Rural Development investment will provide Oklahoma Western Telephone Company with the opportunity to use $4,202,222 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to provide Fiber-to-the-Premises (FFTP) broadband service to customers in rural Oklahoma. The funded service areas include 321 households and 3 critical community facility spread over 115.91 square miles. This program includes 61 miles of aerial and buried fiber with GPON FTTP electronics. Receiving this grant funding will allow Oklahoma Western to service a much-needed part of the state with high speed broadband service.
Applicant: Star Telephone Membership Corporation
Location: North Carolina
Total square miles: 491.29
Funded Service Area Households: 8,561
Award amount: $23,476,478
This Rural Development investment will provide Star Telephone Membership Corporation with the opportunity to use $23,476,478 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to build a gigabit-capable passive optical network (GPON) which will be 100% buried fiber-to-the-home network. The funded service areas include 8,561 households, 10 educational facilities, and 3 critical community facilities spread over 491.29 square miles.
Applicant: Heartland Telecommunications Company of Iowa
Location: Iowa, South Dakota
Total square miles: 278.59
Funded Service Area Households: 868
Award amount: $7,210,117
This Rural Development investment will provide Heartland Telecommunications of Iowa with the opportunity to use $7,210,117 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to build state-of-the-art fiber optic cable infrastructure in rural Iowa and South Dakota. The funded service areas include 868 households spread over 278.59 square miles. The project will help facilitate new educational and economic opportunities for local residents and it will help improve the overall quality of life for people in the community.
Applicant: Seneca Telecommunications, LLC
Location: New York
Total square miles: 52.42
Funded Service Area Households: 1,006
Award amount: $4,325,452
This Rural Development investment will provide Seneca Telecommunications, LLC with the opportunity to use $4,325,452 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband network throughout the Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus Territory. The funded service areas include 1,006 households, three educational facilities, one health care center, and one critical community facility spread over 52.42 square miles. The Seneca project will assist the youth with completing their required daily homework, advance the health care at the local medical facilities, provide businesses and farms with technology that will allow them to operate more efficiently, and assist with future economic development on the territory.
Applicant: Beehive Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Utah
Total square miles: 41.45
Funded Service Area Households: 141
Award amount: $2,401, 406
This Rural Development investment will provide Beehive Telephone Company, Inc. with the opportunity to use $2,401,406 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network capable of transmitting data at one gigabit per second. The funded service areas include 141 households, one educational facility, and one critical community facility spread over 41.45 square miles.
Applicant: Emery Telecommunications & Video, Inc.
Location: Utah, Colorado
Total square miles: 4.48
Funded Service Area Households: 528
Award amount: $2,735,224
This Rural Development investment will provide Emery Telecommunications & Video, Inc with $2,735,224 in ReConnect Program grant funding to build broadband networks in North and South Monticello Utah, Dove Creek Colorado, and U.S.491 Corridor. The funded area includes 528 households, 8 educational facilities, and two critical community facilities spread over 4.48 square miles.
Applicant: All West / Wyoming, Inc.
Location: Wyoming
Total square miles: 75.46
Funded Service Area Households: 312
Award amount: $4,795,809
This Rural Development investment will provide All West / Wyoming, Inc. with the opportunity to use $4,795,809 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband network capable of transmitting data at up to one gigabit per second (Gbps) in rural Wyoming. The funded service areas include 312 households, four educational facilities, and one critical community facility spread over 75.46 square miles.
Applicant: Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 127.72
Funded Service Area Households: 270
Award amount: $18,888,668
This Rural Development investment will provide Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc. with $18,888,668 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to build the fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) infrastructure necessary to deliver highspeed broadband services to all businesses and residents in the city of Yakutat in southeast Alaska. The funded service area includes 270 households, three critical community facilities and two educational facilities spread over 127.72 square miles.
Applicant: Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc.
Location: South Dakota
Total square miles: 514.33
Funded Service Area Households: 1,754
Award amount: $9,591,131
This Rural Development investment will provide Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. with the opportunity to use $9,591,131 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to build state of the art Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) services for currently underserved rural communities in Arlington, De Smet, Flandreau, Lake Preston, and Volga in South Dakota. The funded service areas include 1,754 households and one critical community facility spread over 514.33 square miles.
Applicant: Oregon Telephone Corporation, Inc.
Location: Oregon
Total square miles: 122.85
Funded Service Area Households: 418
Award amount: $5,989,010
This Rural Development investment will provide Oregon Telephone Corporation, Inc. with the opportunity to use $5,989,010 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network to residents and businesses in some of the most remote areas of the continental United States. The funded service areas include 418 households, three educational facilities, and two critical community facilities spread over 122.85 square miles.
Applicant: Consolidated Telephone Company
Location: Minnesota
Total square miles: 50.62
Funded Service Area Households: 667
Award amount: $5,229,506
This Rural Development investment will provide Consolidated Telephone Company (CTC) with the opportunity to use $5,229,506 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network in rural Minnesota. The funded service area includes 667 households, two educational facilities, and two critical community facilities spread over 50.62 square miles.
Applicant: Osage Municipal Utilities
Location: Iowa
Total square miles: 10.77
Funded Service Area Households: 151
Award amount: $397,749
This Rural Development investment will provide Osage Municipal Utilities with the opportunity to use $397,749 in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy Fiber-to-the-Premise and Hybrid-Fiber-Coax infrastructure to serve farms, residents, and businesses located in rural areas of Mitchell County, Iowa. The funded service area includes 151 households spared over 10.77 square miles.
Applicant: Eastern Nebraska Telephone Company
Location: Nebraska
Total square miles: 212.12
Funded Service Area Households: 489
Award amount: $5,734,822
This Rural Development investment will provide Eastern Nebraska Telephone Company with the opportunity to use ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network to service rural areas of Pierce County, Wayne County and Madison County in Nebraska. The FTTP equipment will extend service to every household and business in the funded area, which includes 489 households spread over 212.12 square miles.
Applicant: Harrison Rural Electrification Association, Inc.
Location: West Virginia
Total square miles: 212.59
Funded Service Area Households: 6,320
Award amount: $18,749,940
This Rural Development investment will provide Harrison Rural Electrification Association, Inc. with the opportunity to use $18,749,940 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network in rural areas of West Virginia. The funded service areas include 6,320 households, five educational facilities and one critical community facility spread over 212.59 square miles.
Applicant: Mountain View Telephone Company
Location: Arkansas
Total square miles: 64.70
Funded Service Area Households: 702
Award amount: $3,750,000
This Rural Development investment will provide Mountain View Telephone Company with the opportunity to use $3,750,000 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber broadband network project with approximately 97 miles of fiber, including drops at customer locations, inside wire and a Calix Giga center for each customer. The funded service areas include 702 households spread over 64.70 square miles.
Applicant: Green Hills Telephone Corporation
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 25.08
Funded Service Area Households: 546
Award amount: $2,575,327
This Rural Development investment will provide Green Hills Telephone Corporation with the opportunity to use $2,575,327 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network in rural areas of Missouri. The funded service areas include 546 households, two educational facilities, and one critical community facility spread over 25.08 square miles.
Applicant: Mason County Public Utility District No. 3
Location: Washington
Total square miles: 1.47
Funded Service Area Households: 163
Award amount: $2,476,279
This Rural Development investment will provide Mason County Public Utility District No. 3 with the opportunity to use $2,476,279 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to provide necessary broadband services to the Three Fingers community in Grapeview, Washington. The funded service area includes 163 households spread over 1.47 square miles.
Applicant: Ballard Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc
Location: Kentucky
Total square miles: 12.86
Funded Service Area Households: 578
Award amount: $2,409,351
This Rural Development investment will provide Ballard Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc. with the opportunity to use $2,409,351 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network in rural areas of Kentucky. The funded service areas include 578 households and one critical community facility spread over 12.86 square miles.
Applicant: Duo County Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc.
Location: Kentucky
Total square miles: 28.93
Funded Service Area Households: 3,648
Award amount: $18,676,528
This Rural Development investment will provide Duo County Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc. with the opportunity to use $18,676,528 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a Fiber -to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network to allow customers, business, and farmers in these rural and remote areas of Kentucky to have world-class broadband service. The funded service areas include 3,648 households spread over 28.93 square miles.
Applicant: Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Co., Inc.
Location: Kentucky
Total square miles: 68.38
Funded Service Area Households: 637
Award amount: $2,308,257
This Rural Development investment will provide Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Co., Inc. with the opportunity to use $2,308,257 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber broadband network to unserved areas and create the potential for increased business growth, public safety services and quality of life for the residents in these rural portions of Breathitt County in Eastern Kentucky that lack adequate service availability. The funded service areas include 637 households spread over 68.38 square miles.
Applicant: Wecom Inc.
Location: Arizona
Total square miles: 36.24
Funded Service Area Households: 1,492
Award amount: $1,666,438
This Rural Development investment will provide Wecom Inc with the opportunity to use $1,666,438 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to construct a hybrid Fiber-to-the-Premises and Fiber-to-the-Node fixed wireless system throughout the Peach Springs, Arizona Hualapai Nation service area. The funded service areas include 1,492 households, six educational facilities, one health care center, and three critical community facilities spread over 36.24 square miles.
Applicant: Monhegan Plantation
Location: Maine
Total square miles: 0.84
Funded Service Area Households: 40
Award amount: $626,298
This Rural Development investment will provide Monhegan Plantation with the opportunity to use $626,298 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network to underserved households on Monhegan Island in the state of Maine. The project is expected to transmit over a Gigabyte (1000Mbps) of bulk Internet to the island. The funded service area includes 40 households, one educational facility, and one critical community facility spread over 0.84 square miles.
Applicant: Town of Roque Bluffs
Location: Maine
Total square miles: 9.51
Funded Service Area Households: 166
Award amount: $893,170
This Rural Development investment will provide Town of Roque Bluffs with the opportunity to use $893,170 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network that will provide broadband access at speeds ranging from 25 megabits per second (Mbps) to 1000 Mbps. The funded service areas include 166 households spread over 9.51 square miles.
Applicant: Yates County
Location: New York
Total square miles: 76.99
Funded Service Area Households: 2,877
Award amount: $10,324,875
This Rural Development investment will provide Yates County with the opportunity to use $10,324,875 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband network. The funded service areas include 2,877 households and two educational facilities spread over 76.99 square miles.
Applicant: Pine Cellular Phones, Inc.
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 34.05
Funded Service Area Households: 505
Award amount: $7,707,431
This Rural Development investment will provide Pine Cellular Phones, Inc. with the opportunity to use $7,707,431 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber broadband network in rural Oklahoma. The funded service areas include 505 households and two critical community facilities spread over 34.05 square miles.
Applicant: Pine Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 15.41
Funded Service Area Households: 517
Award amount: $5,625,187
This Rural Development investment will provide Pine Telephone Company Inc. with the opportunity to use $5,625,187 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network capable of offering broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps. The proposed project will provide broadband services within a portion of the Choctaw Nation in southeastern Oklahoma in McCurtain County. The funded service areas include 517 households and two critical community facilities spread over 15.41 square miles.
Applicant: Ellijay Telephone Company
Location: Georgia
Total square miles: 7.71
Funded Service Area Households: 2,159
Award amount: $4,411,079
This Rural Development investment will provide Ellijay Telephone Company with the opportunity to use $4,411,079 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a broadband network to service areas with up to 1 Gbps synchronous broadband service via a fiber-to-the-home deployment. The total deployment would be about 90 miles of new optical fiber transport facilities. The funded service areas include 2,159 households, one educational facility, and two critical community facilities spread over 7.71 square miles.
Applicant: Ben Lomand Holdings, Inc.
Location: Tennessee
Total square miles: 65.21
Funded Service Area Households: 222
Award amount: $2,240,407
This Rural Development investment will provide Ben Lomand Holdings, Inc. with the opportunity to use ReConnect Program grant funding to build a new state of the art Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) facility to provide high-speed broadband in an isolated, mountainous service area located in Cumberland County in Tennessee. The funded service areas include 222 households spread over 65.21 square miles.
Applicant: North Central Communications Inc.
Location: Tennessee
Total square miles: 14.44
Funded Service Area Households: 164
Award amount: $1,437,290
This Rural Development investment will provide North Central Communications, Inc. with the opportunity to use ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network to provide broadband service to residents and businesses in Smith County in rural Tennessee. The funded service areas include 164 households spread over 14.44 square miles.
Applicant: Hamilton County Telephone Cooperative Corporation Inc.
Location: Illinois
Total square miles: 49.45
Funded Service Area Households: 603
Award amount: $3,431,236
This Rural Development investment will provide Hamilton County Telephone Cooperative Corporation with the opportunity to use $3,431,236 received in ReConnect program grant funding to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network in rural areas of Illinois. The funded service areas include 603 households spread over 49.45 square miles.
Applicant: The Darien Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Georgia
Total square miles: 6.93
Funded Service Area Households: 257
Award amount: $1,086,649
This Rural Development investment will provide The Darien Telephone Company with the opportunity to use $1,086,649 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to expand high-speed internet service to underserved households and businesses in McIntosh County, using Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology. The project’s service areas include 257 households and one critical community facility spread over 6.93 square miles.
Applicant: Southern Montana Telephone Company
Location: Montana
Total square miles: 845.25
Funded Service Area Households: 109
Award amount: $3,358,434
This Rural Development investment will provide Southern Montana Telephone Company with the opportunity to use $3,358,434 in ReConnect Program grant funding to build 100 Mbps symmetrical broadband service to the town of Jackson, Montana and the town and surrounding area of Grant, Montana. The funded areas include 109 households and one critical community facility spread over 845.25 square miles.
Applicant: TruVista Communications Inc.
Location: South Carolina
Total square miles: 55.33
Funded Service Area Households: 6,251
Award amount: $9,106,715
This Rural Development investment will provide TruVista Communications Inc. with the opportunity to use $9,106,715 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to provide robust broadband infrastructure to unserved and underserved areas of Kershaw County to assist with economic development, agricultural advances, educational programs and tele-medicine opportunities. The funded service areas include 6,251 households, one health care center, three educational facilities, and four critical community facilities spread over 55.33 square miles.
Applicant: Beehive Telephone Company, Inc. – Nevada
Location: Nevada
Total square miles: 130.44
Funded Service Area Households: 273
Award amount: $2,266,537
This Rural Development investment will provide Beehive Telephone Company, Inc. with the opportunity to use $2,266,537 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premises Fixed Wireless - Unlicensed network in rural Nevada. The funded service areas include 273 households and one critical community facility spread over 130.44 square miles.
Applicant: Peoples Telephone Cooperative Inc.
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 19.97
Funded Service Area Households: 914
Award amount: $3,024,604
This Rural Development investment will provide Peoples Telephone Cooperative, Inc. with the opportunity to use $3,024,604 received in ReConnect Program Grant funding to deploy a fiber broadband network in rural areas of Texas. The funded service areas include 914 households and two critical community facilities spread over 19.97 square miles.
Applicant: E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 2,873.05
Funded Service Area Households: 803
Award amount: $19,231,542
This Rural Development investment will provide E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative with the opportunity to use $19,231,542 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to build a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) solution that will meet both the immediate and future bandwidth requirements of farms, businesses, and critical community facilities in rural areas on New Mexico. The funded area includes 803 households and three critical community facilities spread over 2,873.05 square miles.
Applicant: Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 255.81
Funded Service Area Households: 659
Award amount: $3,162,975
This Rural Development investment will provide Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. with the opportunity to use $3,162,975 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber broadband network to serve rural New Mexico. The funded service areas include 659 households spread over 255.81 square miles.
Applicant: Pueblo of Acoma
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 14.35
Funded Service Area Households: 771
Award amount: $942,955
This Rural Development investment will provide Pueblo of Acoma with the opportunity to use $942,955 in Reconnect Program grant funding to provide Fixed Wireless broadband service to its community, where 100 percent of premises are without sufficient access to broadband service. The ReConnect Program will support Pueblo of Acoma in providing robust broadband in the funded area, which will fuel long-term rural economic development and opportunities in this area. The funded service area includes 771 households, two educational facilities, two critical community facilities, and two healthcare centers spread over 14.35 square miles.
Applicant: Cross Cable Television, L.L.C.
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 31.65
Funded Service Area Households: 111
Award amount: $2,244,574
This Rural Development investment will provide Cross Cable Television, L.L.C. with the opportunity to use $2,244,574 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy FTTP broadband service to McIntosh and Leflore counties in rural Oklahoma. The funded service areas include 111 households spread over 31.65 square miles.
Applicant: South Dakota Network, LLC (dba SDN Communications)
Location: South Dakota
Total square miles: 6.77
Funded Service Area Households: 129
Award amount: $3,271,579
This Rural Development investment will provide South Dakota Network, LLC (dba SDN Communications) with the opportunity to use $3,271,579 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber broadband network in rural areas of South Dakota. The funded service areas include 129 households and three critical community facilities spread over 6.77 square miles.
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Applicant: Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation
Location: Missouri, Iowa
Total square miles: 782.74
Funded Service Area Households: 2,288
Award amount: $20,801,007*
This Rural Development investment will provide Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation with the opportunity to use $20,801,007 received in ReConnect Program funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband network capable of simultaneous transmission rates of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) in rural Missouri and Iowa. The funded service areas include 2,288 households, two educational facilities, four health care centers, and two critical community facilities spread over 782.74 square miles.
* The total project cost is $41,602,014. Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation substituted the 50% loan amount with matching funds of $20,801.007.
Applicant: Wabash Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Illinois
Total square miles: 102.62
Funded Service Area Households: 1,684
Award amount: $12,780,484
This Rural Development investment will provide Wabash Telephone Cooperative, Inc. with the opportunity to use $6,390,242 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $6,390,242 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network in portions Jefferson and Wayne counties located in rural southeastern Illinois. The funded service areas include 1,684 households, one health care facility, nine educational facilities, and two critical community facilities spread over 102.62 square miles.
Applicant: Wave Wireless, LLC
Location: Kansas
Total square miles: 217.51
Funded Service Area Households: 1,390
Award amount: $5,271,852
This Rural Development investment will provide Wave Wireless L.L.C. with the opportunity to use $2,635,926 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $2,635,926 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to build fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) in rural Labette County, Kansas. The funded service areas include 1,390 households, three educational facilities, and three critical community facilities spread over 217.51 square miles.
Applicant: Tombigbee Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alabama
Total square miles: 846.88
Funded Service Area Households: 2,152
Award amount: $29,495,232
This Rural Development investment will provide Tombigbee Electric Cooperative, Inc. with the opportunity to use $14,747,616 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $14,747,616 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to develop an All-Dielectric Self-Supporting (ADSS) network in underserved areas of Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Franklin, Winston, and Walker counties in Alabama. The funded service areas include 2,152 households, five educational facilities, one health care center, and 10 critical community facilities spread over 846.88 square miles.
Applicant: Millry Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alabama
Total square miles: 637.59
Funded Service Area Households: 3,797
Award amount: $28,195,688
This Rural Development investment will provide Millry Telephone Company, Inc. with the opportunity to use $14,097,834 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $14,097,834 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network for residents of Choctaw and Washington counties, in Alabama. The funded service areas include 3,797 households, 11 educational facilities, two health care centers, and four critical community facilities spread over 637.59 square miles.
Applicant: National Telephone of Alabama, Inc.
Location: Alabama
Total square miles: 116.86
Funded Service Area Households: 378
Award amount: $2,672,910
This Rural Development investment will provide National Telephone of Alabama, Inc. with the opportunity to use $1,336,455 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $1,336,455 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to bring a fiber-to-the-premise network in Colbert County, Alabama. The funded service areas include 378 households spread over 116.86 square miles.
Applicant: Home Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: South Carolina
Total square miles: 153.43
Funded Service Area Households: 3,780
Award amount: $8,184,531*
This Rural Development investment will provide Home Telephone Company, Inc. with the opportunity to use $8,184,531 received in ReConnect Program funding to extend broadband services to rural areas of the Charleston County and Berkeley County in South Carolina. Home Telephone Company will use matching funds of $8,184,531 to complete the project. The funded service areas include 3,780 households, 19 educational facilities, and eight critical community facilities spread out over 153.43 square miles.
** The total project cost is $16,369,063. Home Telephone Company substituted the 50% loan amount with matching funds of $8,184,531.
Applicant: Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation
Location: North Carolina
Total square miles: 105.78
Funded Service Area Households: 4,057
Award amount: $7,934,762*
This Rural Development investment will provide Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation with the opportunity to use $7,934,762 received in ReConnect Program funding to build fiber optic broadband in unserved and underserved rural areas of Columbus County, North Carolina. Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation will provide matching funds of $7,934,762 to complete the project. The service areas include 4,057 households, 15 educational facilities, three health care centers, and 10 critical community facilities spread over 105.78 square miles.
** The total project cost is $15,869,524. Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation substituted the 50% loan amount with matching funds of $7,934,762.
Applicant: Farmers Mutual Telephone Company of Stanton, Iowa
Location: Iowa
Total square miles: 121.57
Funded Service Area Households: 477
Award amount: $6,418,844
This Rural Development investment will provide Farmers Mutual Telephone Company of Stanton, Iowa with the opportunity to use $3,209,422 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $3,209,422 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to expand service to underserved rural areas in Red Oak, Iowa. The funded service area includes 477 households spread over 121.57 square miles.
Applicant: Ohio Valley Industrial and Business Development Corporation
Location: West Virginia
Total square miles: 28.35
Funded Service Area Households: 1,909
Award amount: $2,094,500*
This Rural Development investment will provide Ohio Valley Industrial and Business Development Corporation to use $2,094,500 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to construct a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network utilizing gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technologies in rural West Virginia. Ohio Valley Industrial Business Development will provide matching funds of $2,094,500 to complete the project. The funded service areas include 1,909 households, five educational facilities, one health care center, and nine critical community facilities spread over 28.35 square miles.
* The total project cost is $4,189,000. Ohio Valley Industrial and Business Development Corporation substituted the 50% loan amount with matching funds of $2,094,500.
Applicant: Tyler County Development Authority, Inc.
Location: West Virginia
Total square miles: 15.56
Funded Service Area Households: 1,366
Award amount: $3,516,000
This Rural Development investment will provide Tyler County Development Authority, Inc. with the opportunity to use $1,758,000 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $1,758,000 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to provide broadband service to underserved households, farms and businesses in Tyler County, West Virginia. The funded service area includes 1,366 households, three educational facilities, one health care center, and five critical community facilities spread over 15.56 square miles.
Applicant: Daktel Communications, LLC
Location: North Dakota
Total square miles: 164.70
Funded Service Area Households: 406
Award amount: $1,809,290*
This Rural Development investment will provide Daktel Communications, LLC with the opportunity to use $1,809,290 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to construct fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network infrastructure north of Jamestown, North Dakota. The funded service areas include 406 households and three educational facilities spread over 164.70 square miles. The use and development of broadband in this area will provide various home-based business opportunities, stimulate economic growth, and stimulate innovation and investment in the area. In addition, education, health care, energy efficiency, and public safety will improve with high-speed Internet access. Daktel Communications will offer broadband services at 1 gigabit per second symmetrical to locations that were previously unserved in the area.
* The total project cost is $3,668,580. Daktel Communications, LLC substituted the 50% loan amount with matching funds of $1,809,290.
Applicant: Polar Communications Mutual Aid Corp.
Location: North Dakota
Total square miles: 836.67
Funded Service Area Households: 2,237
Award amount: $21,248,334
This Rural Development investment will provide Polar Communications Mutual Aid Corp. with the opportunity to use $10,624,167 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $10,624,167 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to deploy a Home Run, Active Ethernet fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) model to areas in rural North Dakota. The funded service areas include 2,237 households, six educational facilities, one health care center, and one critical community facility spread over 836.67 square miles.
Applicant: Harmony Telephone Company
Location: Minnesota, Iowa
Total square miles: 75.54
Funded Service Area Households: 577
Award amount: $5,424,004
This Rural Development investment will provide Harmony Telephone Company with the opportunity to use $2,712,002 received in ReConnect Program loan funding and $2,712,002 in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network in rural areas in Minnesota and Iowa. The proposed project will result in Harmony Telephone Company deploying a Home Run, Passive Optical Network FTTP model to the funded service area. The funded service area includes 577 households, one health care center, and one critical community facility spread over 75.54 square miles.
Applicant: Yelcot Telephone Company
Location: Arkansas
Total square miles: 15.73
Funded Service Area Households: 548
Award amount: $3,455,910
This Rural Development investment will provide Yelcot Telephone Company with the opportunity to use $1,727,955 received in ReConnect Program loan funding and $1,727,955 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber to the home project with approximately 61 miles of fiber. The funded service areas include 548 households spread over 15.73 square miles.
Applicant: Gascosage Electric Cooperative
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 99.10
Funded Service Area Households: 1,177
Award amount: $13,999,268
This Rural Development investment will provide Gascosage Electric Cooperative with the opportunity to use $6,999,634 received in ReConnect Program loan funding and $6,999,634 in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network in rural areas in Missouri. The funded service areas include 1,177 households and two critical community facilities spread over 99.10 square miles.
Applicant: Marshall Municipal Utilities
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 47.04
Funded Service Area Households: 763
Award amount: $1,150,000
This Rural Development investment will provide Marshall Municipal Utilities with the opportunity to use $575,000 received in ReConnect Program loan funding and $575,000 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network in rural Missouri. The funded service areas include 763 households, one educational facility, and one healthcare facility spread over 47.04 square miles.
Applicant: Total Highspeed LLC
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 284.68
Funded Service Area Households: 8,683
Award amount: $40,261,318
This Rural Development investment will provide Total Highspeed LLC with the opportunity to use $20,130,659 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $20,130,659 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to build a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network to improve broadband services to families and businesses in the rural areas which are located mainly in Greene County in the State of Missouri. The funded service areas include 8,683 households, 12 educational facilities, 1 health care center, and 8 critical community facilities spread over 284.68 square miles.
Applicant: Star Telephone Company, Inc
Location: Louisiana
Total square miles: 100.26
Funded Service Area Households: 2,609
Award amount: $15,525,694
This Rural Development investment will provide Star Telephone Company, Inc. with the opportunity to use $7,762,847 received in ReConnect Program loan funding and $7,762,847 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber broadband network. The funded service areas include 2,609 households, 13 educational facilities, 2 healthcare centers, and 8 critical community facilities spread over 100.26 square miles.
Applicant: Town of Arrowsic
Location: Maine
Total square miles: 8.49
Funded Service Area Households: 237
Award amount: $1,208,508
This Rural Development investment will provide the Town of Arrowsic with the opportunity to use $604,254 received in ReConnect Program loan funding and $604,254 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deliver Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network capable of supplying synchronous speeds of 100 Megabits (Mbps) to Arrowsic Island in the state of Maine. The funded service areas include 237 households spread over 8.49 square miles.
Applicant: Peoples Telephone Company, dba TEC
Location: Tennessee
Total square miles: 24.58
Funded Service Area Households: 642
Award amount: $2,048,568
This Rural Development investment will provide Peoples Telephone Company, dba TEC with the opportunity to use $1,024,284 received in ReConnect program grant funding and $1,024,284 received in ReConnect program loan funding to deploy a fiber broadband network in some of the most rural areas in Tennessee, in the Houston, Montgomery, Henry and Stewart counties. The funded service areas include 642 households spread over 24.58 square miles.
Applicant: United Communications Inc.
Location: Tennessee
Total square miles: 31.52
Funded Service Area Households: 2,716
Award amount: $3,287,500*
This Rural Development investment will provide United Communications, Inc. with the opportunity to use $3,287,500 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber broadband network in rural Tennessee. The funded service areas include 2,716 households and one critical community facility spread over 31.52 square miles.
*The total project cost is $6,575,000. United Communications substituted the 50% loan amount with matching funds of $3,287,500.
Applicant: UBTA-UBET Communications Inc., dba STRATA Networks
Location: Utah
Total square miles: 248.41
Funded Service Area Households: 3,118
Award amount: $23,778,320*
This Rural Development investment will provide UBTA-UBET Communications Inc. with the opportunity to use $11,886,660 received in ReConnect Program loan funding and $11,891,660 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber broadband network that will be capable of providing a minimum of 100 Mbps symmetrical. The funded service areas include 3,118 households spread over 248.41 square miles.
* The total project cost is $23,783,321. UBTA-UBET Communications Inc. substituted $5,000 of the 50% loan amount with matching funds.
Applicant: Pembroke Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Georgia
Total square miles: 53.05
Funded Service Area Households: 964
Award amount: $4,072,500
This Rural Development investment will provide Pembroke Telephone Company with the opportunity to use $2,036,250 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $2,036,250 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to build a Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to provide high-speed internet to residents, businesses and farms in Evans County. The project’s service area includes 964 households spread over 53.05 square miles.
Applicant: Border to Border Communications
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 742.06
Funded Service Area Households: 5,153
Award amount: $10,406,542
This Rural Development investment will provide Border to Border Communications with the opportunity to use $5,203,271 received in ReConnect Program loan funding and $5,203,271 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network in rural Texas. The funded service areas include 5,153 households, 15 educational facilities, and 10 critical community facilities spread over 742.06 square miles.
Applicant: Central Virginia Electric Cooperative
Location: Virginia
Total square miles: 439.99
Funded Service Area Households: 17,023
Award amount: $28,000,000
This Rural Development investment will provide Central Virginia Electric Cooperative with the opportunity to use $14,000,000 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $14,000,000 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to bring a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network infrastructure capable to deliver world class gigabit speed broadband Internet service to rural central Virginia. The funded service areas include 17,023 households, six health care centers, 15 educational facilities, and 15 critical community facilities spread over 439.99 square miles.
Applicant: KanOkla Shidler, LLC
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 353.72
Funded Service Area Households: 867
Award amount: $30,085,560
This Rural Development investment will provide KanOkla Shidler, LLC with the opportunity to use $15,042,780 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $15,042,780 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to provide a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network with an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) at the premise connecting the rural communities of Shidler, Wynona, Foraker, Webb City, and Grainola to high speed Internet. The funded service areas include seven educational facilities, 17 critical community facilities, and 867 households spread over 353.72 square miles.
Applicant: Barry County Services Company
Location: Michigan
Total square miles: 68.57
Funded Service Area Households: 4,305
Award amount: $11,880,198
This Rural Development investment will provide Barry County Services Company with the opportunity to use $5,940,099 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $5,940,099 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to expand the availability of affordable, fiber-based broadband services to rural Michigan. The funded service areas include 4,305 households, one health care center, three educational facilities, and three critical community facilities spread over 68.57 square miles.
Applicant: Southwest Michigan Communications, Inc.
Location: Michigan
Total square miles: 54.76
Funded Service Area Households: 2,864
Award amount: $10,720,272
This Rural Development investment will provide Southwest Michigan Communications, Inc. with the opportunity to use $5,360,136 received in ReConnect Program grant funding and $5,360,136 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband service to Van Buren and Allegan counties in Michigan. The funded areas include 2,864 households spread over 54.76 square miles.
Applicant: Breda Telephone Corp.
Location: Iowa
Total square miles: 19.17
Funded Service Area Households: 52
Award amount: $523,749*
This Rural Development investment will provide Breda Telephone Corp. with the opportunity to use $523,749 received in ReConnect Program grant funding to deploy a FTTH network in rural Iowa. The funded service areas include 52 households spread over 19.17 square miles.
* The total project cost is $1,047,498. Breda Telephone Corp. substituted the 50% loan amount with matching funds of $523,749.
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Applicant: Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative
Location: Virginia
Total square miles: 101.72
Funded Service Area Households: 1,254
Award amount: $3,793,234
This Rural Development investment will provide Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative with the opportunity to use $3,793,234 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband network capable of simultaneous transmission rates of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) or greater. The funded service area includes 1,254 households, 4 educational facilities, and 2 critical community facilities spread over 101.72 square miles.
Applicant: Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alabama
Total square miles: 23.06
Funded Service Area Households: 1,676
Award amount: $1,999,439
This Rural Development investment will provide Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. with the opportunity to use $1,999,439 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTH) network In Jackson and DeKalb counties in Alabama. The funded service areas include 1,676 households and one educational facility spread over 23.06 square miles.
Applicant: Mid-States Services, LLC
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 84.42
Funded Service Area Households: 566
Award amount: $3,000,000
This Rural Development investment will provide Mid-States Services, LLC with the opportunity to use $3,000,000 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to provide unserved and underserved members with broadband and telephony services in areas including the CAF II awarded census blocks in Mid-States Service's funded service area. The funded service areas include 566 households, one educational facility, and one critical community facility spread over 84.42 square miles.
Applicant: Carnegie Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 0.75
Funded Service Area Households: 395
Award amount: $1,274,995
This Rural Development investment will provide Carnegie Telephone Company, Inc. with the opportunity to use $1,274,995 received in ReConnect Program loan funding to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network in rural Oklahoma. The funded service areas include 395 households, five educational facilities, two critical community facilities, and one healthcare center spread over 0.75 square miles.