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Iowa
Mediapolis Telephone Company—$13,401,000 in loan funds
to make system upgrades to the transport system and the
network architecture from the existing copper DSL to FTTP
broadband systems.
Griswold Cooperative Telephone Company—$12,747,000 in
loan funds to complete a system-wide FTTP network.
La Porte City Telephone Company—$9,867,000 in loan funds
to make system improvements, including installation of a
FTTP broadband network. Some 297 miles of buried fiber
optic cable will be deployed, enabling downstream data rates
of up to 20 Mbps.
Kansas
The S & T Telephone Cooperative Association—$29,814,000 to
implement a full FTTH design to allow the migration to 10-20
Mbps broadband speeds to all subscribers and to provide IPTV
in the near future.
Minnesota
Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Coopera-
tive—$19,749,000 in loan funds to extend Paul
Bunyan’s existing FTTH network to provide
advanced telecommunications services to more
than 45,710 households and businesses.
NewMexico
Roosevelt County Telephone Cooperative,
Inc.—$12,358,000 to deploy new equipment
and install FTTP equipment to enhance the
broadband network.
North Dakota
BEK Communications Cooperative—$26,746,000
in loan funds to expand a FTTH broadband
system.
SRT Communications, Inc.—$24,832,000 in loan
funds to install 2,143 miles of buried fiber optic
cable and related equipment throughout the
proposed FTTP system.
Polar Communications Mutual Aid Corpora-
tion—$32,939,000 in loan funds to expand the
FTTP broadband system. The upgraded system
will help meet current and future requirements
for delivery of voice, video, and high-speed
data.
Oklahoma
Terral Telephone Company—$4,855,000 in loan
funds to convert the existing copper network to
a FTTH system and connect new subscribers.
Project includes construction of more than 62
miles of fiber plant and the replacement of the
existing softswitch and power plant.
South Carolina
Sandhill Telephone Cooperative, Inc.—
$5,930,000 to provide for system improvements,
including purchase of a new switch.
Tennessee
North Central Telephone Cooperative Corpora-
tion—$27,069,000 to upgrade portions of North Central’s
outside plant and network infrastructure by deploying a FTTP
network.
Washington
Inland Telephone Company—$24,823,000 in loan funds to
expand Inland’s FTTP broadband system and connect new
subscribers.
The Toledo Telephone Co., Inc.—$18,091,000 in loan funds to
install 292 miles of buried fiber optic cables and related equip-
ment throughout the proposed FTTP system.
Wisconsin
Union Telephone Company—$13,308,000 in loan funds to
deploy approximately 336 miles of fiber.
Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc.—$19,781,000 in
loan funds to complete a system-wide FTTP network, includ-
ing more than 370 miles of new or modified buried fiber.