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Grants

Alabama

R&S Communications, LLC, Vina Town, $570,800

Arkansas

Crystal Broadband Networks, Inc., Birdsong Town, $570,800 Cable Partner.Net, Inc., Whelen Springs Town, $570,800

California

Karuk Tribe, Orleans, $1,141,870

Kentucky

Crystal Broadband Networks, Inc., Heidelberg, $576,400 Crystal Broadband Networks, Inc., Yellow Rock, $583,400 Inter Mountain Cable, Inc., Endicott, $993,339

Louisiana

Nexus Systems, Inc., Manifest, $1,116,505 Nexus Systems, Inc., Larto, $1,116,505

Missouri

Plateau Wireless, LLC, Olean Town, $570,800 Plateau Wireless, LLC, Brumley Town, $570,800

Nevada

Arizona Nevada Tower Corporation, Gabbs City, $1,046,798

Ohio

Crystal Broadband Networks, Inc., Stafford Village, $570,800

Oklahoma

Wichita Online, Inc., Cornish Town, $494,000 Wichita Online, Inc., Tushka Town, $480,000 Wichita Online, Inc., Leon Town, $481,000

Virginia

Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Flat Top, $1,500,000

West Virginia

Crystal Broadband Networks, Inc., Panther, $571,900

Loans

Illinois

Wabash Telephone Exchange, $21,867,000

Nebraska

The Hemingford Cooperative Telephone Co., $10,280,000

Texas

Coleman County Telephone Cooperative Inc., $22,540,000

Wisconsin

Vernon Telephone Cooperative, $24,143,000

Wyoming

Dubois Telephone Exchange, $11,391,000

Loans from the July 27 Announcement

Iowa

Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, $18,205,000

Iowa and Missouri

IAMO Telephone Company, $14,972,000

Kansas

Wilson Telephone Company, Inc., $14,312,000

Montana

3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc., $70,000,000

Oregon

Molalla Telephone Company, $22,500,000

Texas

Coleman County Telephone Cooperative, Inc., $22,540,000

Washington

Western Wahkiakum County Telephone Company, $12,708,000

Wisconsin

Baldwin Telecom, Inc., $16,716,000

RUS Announces Projects to Provide Broadband to Rural Communities I

n August, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack an-nounced that 18 recipients will receive more than $103 million in funding for 23 projects to provide broadband services to unserved and underserved rural communities. Residents and businesses that will benefit from this funding include those in an Oklahoma community damaged by a tornado earlier this year. A similar announcement on July 27 included $192 million

in loans for projects in eight states.

“Without broadband, rural communities, agricultural pro-ducers, and business owners face a substantial challenge,” Vilsack said. “These loans and grants will bring the benefits of broadband, including new educational, business, and pub-lic health and safety opportunities, to residents living in some of the most remote parts of our nation.”

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