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PCCA Journal|2

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Quarter 2010

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n announcements in February and March, Agri-

culture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the se-

lection of 33 broadband infrastructure projects to

give rural residents access to improved economic

and educational opportunities. Funding for the

projects is being provided through the American

Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Funding of individual recipients is contingent upon

their meeting the terms of the loan, grant, or loan/

grant agreement.

Alaska

, Supervision Inc., The Farther and Faster Proj-

ect: $174,680 grant and $43,671 private investment to

provide last-mile cable to deliver broadband capability

in Tanana.

American Samoa

, American Samoa Telecommunica-

tions Authority, Broadband Linking the American Sa-

moa Territory Project: $10 million loan, $81.034 million

grant, and $4.462 million private investment to replace

legacy copper infrastructure with a fiber optic network

that will link the main islands of American Samoa.

California

, Ponderosa Cablevision, Millerton Project:

$1.926 million loan and $1.926 million grant to provide

fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) in a 31-square-mile area

adjacent to Ponderosa’s current service territory.

Colorado

, Wiggins Telephone Association, Weldona-

Orchard FTTP Project: $2.168 million loan and $2.159

million grant to provide FTTP in the Weldona-Goo-

drich-Orchard area.

Georgia

, Flint Cable TV, Flint Digital Wave Project:

$4.095 million loan and $4.095 million to provide a

Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) network to homes in un-

derserved areas central Georgia.

Idaho

, Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Coeur d’Alene Reservation

FTTH Project: $6.142 million loan and $6.142 million

grant to provide a FTTH broadband system in northern

Idaho.

Indiana

, Sunman Telecommunications, 700MHz

WiMAX Wireless Broadband Plan Project: $5.694 mil-

lion loan and $5.694 million grant to provide needed

broadband services in rural communities of Indiana.

Indiana

, Smithville Telephone Company, Inc.: $37.729

million loan to provide broadband service.

Iowa

, Southeast Iowa Rural Wireless Broadband:

$3.836 million loan to provide internet services to 80

rural communities using proven wireless technology.

Kentucky

, Mountain Rural Telephone Cooperative

Corporation ILEC Broadband: $39.843 million loan and

$38.281 million grant to provide fiber to Morgan, Meni-

fee, Wolfe, and Elliott counties.

Louisiana

, Allen’s Cable FTTP Broadband Network

Extension: $3.584 million loan and $3.513 million grant

to extend fiber into rural areas of three South Louisiana

parishes.

Louisiana

, LBH, LLC, Rural Broadband Powered by

Fiber: $16.693 million loan and $16.691 million grant

to expand existing broadband into rural areas around

Moss Bluff, Oakdale, and Vinton.

Kansas and Oklahoma

, Totah Communications, Inc.,

the Totah Broadband Expansion Project: $4.852 million

loan, $3.660 million grant, and $2.1 million private

investment to upgrade existing copper-fed DSL nodes

to fiber-fed DSL nodes and install additional fiber-fed

DSL nodes throughout the service area.

Michigan

, Southwest Michigan Communications, Paw

Paw and Antwerp, MI FTTP Project: $4.165 million

loan and $4.165 million grant to provide advanced

broadband services in the rural Paw Paw area.

Minnesota

, Halstad Telephone Company, the HTC Min-

nesota Exchanges FTTP Project: $3.277 million loan

and $3.277 million grant to provide FTTP broadband in

Norman and Polk Counties.

Minnesota

, Southwest Minnesota Broadband Group:

$6.35 million loan and $6.35 million grant to provide

service to eight rural communities throughout south-

western Minnesota.

Mississippi

, Bay Springs Telephone Co., Bay Springs

Broadband Initiatives Project: $4.304 million loan and

$4.135 million grant to expand advanced DSL broad-

band services to unserved and underserved areas in

Jasper, Jones, Rankin, Scott, and Smith Counties.

Agriculture Department

Announces 33 Rural Broadband Projects

RDUP News