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FCC authorizes $61m for rural broadband

The FCC authorized over $61.8 million in funding over the next decade to expand broadband to nearly 22,000 unserved rural homes and businesses in 14 states.

The funding is the sixth wave of support from last year’s successful Connect America Fund Phase II auction.

Broadband providers will begin receiving funding later this month.

The FCC listed the following recipients:

State

Company

Minimum Speed

Support Over 10 Years

Locations

California

Frontier California

100/20 Mbps

$51,553

23

Colorado

Inventive Wireless of Nebraska

25/3 Mbps

$1,505,513

336

Iowa

Independent Networks

1 Gbps/500 Mbps

$288,834

123

Iowa

Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative

1 Gbps/500 Mbps

$2,262,039

1,107

Kansas

Twin Valley Communications

1 Gbps/500 Mbps

$45,610

9

Louisiana

Allen’s T.V. Cable Service

1 Gbps/500 Mbps

$1,776,733

794

Massachusetts

CRC Communications

25/3 Mbps

$921,505

772

Minnesota

Broadband Corp.

100/20 Mbps

$428,117

128

Minnesota

Farmers Mutual Telephone Company

1 Gbps/500 Mbps

$217,993

65

Montana

Gallatin Wireless Internet

25/3 Mbps

$4,012,941

1,256

Nebraska

Inventive Wireless of Nebraska

25/3 Mbps

$678

2

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Fiber

1 Gbps/500 Mbps

$1,715,314

1,460

Tennessee

Sunset Digital Communications

1 Gbps/500 Mbps

$5,595,555

2,095

Virginia

Sunset Digital Communications

1 Gbps/500 Mbps

$23,979,453

6,998

Washington

 LocalTel Communications

25/3 Mbps

$6,847,092

1,910

Wyoming

Inventive Wireless of Nebraska

25/3 Mbps

$3,734,455

1,354

Wyoming

Tri County Telephone Association

1 Gbps/500 Mbps, 25/3 Mbps

$3,004,236

1,930

Wyoming

Union Telephone Company

100/20 Mbps, 25/3 Mbps

$5,437,562

1,468

Total

$61,825,183

21,830

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-authorizes-over-618-million-funding-rural-broadband

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