Applicant: Uplink LLC
Location: Arkansas
Total square miles: 376.9
Funded Service Area Households: 626
Award amount: $16,891,348
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,266 people, 42 businesses, 125 farms and six educational facilities in Phillips County in Arkansas. Uplink LLC will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Phillips County.
Applicant: Unicom, Incorporated
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 0.5
Funded Service Area Households: 304
Award amount: $35,000,000
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,472 people, 22 businesses and two educational facilities in the Bethel and Kusilvak Census Areas in Alaska. Unicom Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Emmonak, Toksook Bay and Tununak Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in the Bethel and Kusilvak Census Areas.
Applicant: Star Telephone Membership Corporation
Location: North Carolina
Total square miles: 185.4
Funded Service Area Households: 1,063
Award amount: $24,914,096
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,674 people, 84 businesses, 117 farms and four educational facilities in Bladen, Columbus and Sampson counties in North Carolina. Star Telephone Membership Corporation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Bladen, Columbus and Sampson counties.
Applicant: Scott County Telephone Cooperative
Location: Virginia
Total square miles: 49.9
Funded Service Area Households: 7,157
Award amount: $25,000,000
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 17,352 people, 1,018 businesses, 37 farms and 49 educational facilities in Norton City, Wise County and Lee County in Virginia. Scott County Telephone Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Norton City, Wise County and Lee County.
Applicant: Public Utility District 1 of Okanogan County
Location: Washington
Total square miles: 301.7
Funded Service Area Households: 574
Award amount: $30,195,500
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,157 people, 21 businesses, 68 farms and two educational facilities in Okanogan County in Washington. Public Utility District 1 of Okanogan County will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Okanogan County.
Applicant: Poka-Lambro Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 69.2
Funded Service Area Households: 82
Award amount: $24,645,351
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and fixed wireless - unlicensed network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 238 people, six businesses, 39 farms and two educational facilities in Borden, Scurry and Fisher counties in Texas. Poka-Lambro Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Borden, Scurry and Fisher counties.
Applicant: Pawnee Nation Of Oklahoma
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 83.1
Funded Service Area Households: 1,615
Award amount: $24,956,035
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,052 people, 180 businesses, 183 farms and nine educational facilities in Pawnee and Payne counties in Oklahoma. The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Pawnee and Pawnee Nation Tribal Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in Pawnee and Payne counties.
Applicant: Orangeburg County
Location: South Carolina
Total square miles: 81.7
Funded Service Area Households: 1,665
Award amount: $12,000,000
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,155 people, 172 businesses, 72 farms and 13 educational facilities in Orangeburg County in South Carolina. County of Orangeburg will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Orangeburg County.
Applicant: Oklahoma Western Telephone Company
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 164
Funded Service Area Households: 395
Award amount: $24,980,258
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 977 people, nine businesses and 102 farms in Atoka, Latimer, Le Flore, Pittsburg and Pushmataha counties in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Western Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Choctaw Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Atoka, Latimer, Le Flore, Pittsburg and Pushmataha counties.
Applicant: Hamilton County Telephone Co-op
Location: Illinois
Total square miles: 14.7
Funded Service Area Households: 380
Award amount: $4,390,917
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 834 people, 12 businesses and 19 farms in Jackson County in Illinois. Hamilton County Telephone Co-op will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Jackson County.
Applicant: Bush-Tell, Incorporated
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 241.1
Funded Service Area Households: 241
Award amount: $29,945,251
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 697 people, 38 businesses and seven educational facilities in the Bethel and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Areas in Alaska. Bush-Tell Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the villages of Aniak, Upper Kalskag, Lower Kalskag, Crooked Creek, Red Devil, Sleetmute, Stony River, Holy Cross, Anvik, Shageluk and Grayling, as well as socially vulnerable communities in the Bethel and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Areas.
Applicant: Bamberg County
Location: South Carolina
Total square miles: 66.1
Funded Service Area Households: 2,350
Award amount: $12,000,000
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fixedwireless - licensed network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 5,241 people, 254 businesses, 60 farms and 24 educational facilities in Bamberg County in South Carolina. Bamberg County will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Bamberg County.
Applicant: E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 5.4
Funded Service Area Households: 11
Award amount: $2,603,946
The E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative is receiving a $2.6 million grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet access to people in De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Socorro and Union counties. E.N.M.R. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC’s Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel and Socorro counties.
Applicant: Interior Telephone Company
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 1.0
Funded Service Area Households: 459
Award amount: $34,993,700
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,601 people, 48 businesses and three educational facilities in Nome Census Area in Alaska. Interior Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Shaktoolik, St. Michael, Stebbins and Unalakleet Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in Nome Census Area.
Applicant: Mukluk Telephone Company, Incorporated
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 4.4
Funded Service Area Households: 252
Award amount: $34,989,295
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 875 people, 30 businesses, and six educational facilities in Nome Census Area in Alaska. Mukluk Telephone Company Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Inalik and Wales Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in Nome Census Area.
Applicant: Colorado River Indian Tribes
Location: Arizona
Total square miles: 126.9
Funded Service Area Households: 683
Award amount: $25,000,000
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,946 people, 41 businesses, three farms and four educational facilities in La Paz County in Arizona. Colorado River Indian Tribes will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Colorado River Indian Reservation and socially vulnerable communities in La Paz County.
Applicant: Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Montana
Total square miles: 325.9
Funded Service Area Households: 857
Award amount: $34,999,474
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,350 people, 115 businesses, 63 farms and 18 educational facilities in Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley counties in Montana. Nemont Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve Fort Peck Reservation and socially vulnerable communities in Roosevelt and Sheridan counties.
Applicant: Artic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 2.7
Funded Service Area Households: 132
Award amount: $25,000,000
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 532 people, 16 businesses and one educational facility in the North Slope Borough in Alaska. Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve Nuiqsut Alaska Native Village Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in the North Slope Borough.
Applicant: Big Bend Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 52.2
Funded Service Area Households: 36
Award amount: $25,000,000
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 64 people, one business and eight farms in Terrell, Val Verde and Brewster counties in Texas. Big Bend Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.
Applicant: Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 297.4
Funded Service Area Households: 1,068
Award amount: $24,808,800
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,921 people, 70 businesses, 64 farms and 10 educational facilities in Torrance County in New Mexico. Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Torrance County.
Applicant: Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Incorporated
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 290
Funded Service Area Households: 942
Award amount: $21,722,200
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,559 people, 78 businesses, 76 farms and six educational facilities in Cibola and McKinley counties in New Mexico. Continental Divide Electric Cooperative Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Cibola and McKinley counties.
Applicant: Pine Cellular Phones, Inc.
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 89.4
Funded Service Area Households: 614
Award amount: $24,767,780
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,468 people, 45 businesses, 100 farms and 14 educational facilities in Bryan and Choctaw counties in Oklahoma. Pine Cellular Phones Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Choctaw Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Bryan and Choctaw counties.
Applicant: Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Location: Michigan
Total square miles: 0.5
Funded Service Area Households: 27
Award amount: $3,742,293
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 56 people in Chippewa County in Michigan. Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Sault Ste. Marie Land Area Representation.
Applicant: The Chickasaw Nation
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 322.2
Funded Service Area Households: 2,447
Award amount: $24,992,756
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 6,398 people, 269 businesses, 305 farms and 30 educational facilities in Carter, Johnston, Murray and Pontotoc counties in Oklahoma. The Chickasaw Nation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve Chickasaw Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Carter, Johnston, Murray and Pontotoc counties.
Applicant: Choctaw Nation
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 95.3
Funded Service Area Households: 424
Award amount: $22,297,100
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,988 people, 12 businesses and 100 farms in Le Flore County in Oklahoma. Choctaw Nation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve Choctaw Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Le Flore County.
Applicant: Oglala Sioux Tribe
Location: South Dakota
Total square miles: 533.2
Funded Service Area Households: 816
Award amount: $34,748,254
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,322 people, 47 businesses, 55 farms and seven educational facilities in Bennett and Oglala Lakota counties in South Dakota. Oglala Sioux Tribe will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve Pine Ridge Land Area Representation and socially vulnerable communities in Bennett and Oglala Lakota counties.