PCCA Journal 4th Quarter 2013 - page 23

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This project will enable these communities to have access
to real-time weather radar and national weather updates
to address severe weather conditions. The project will give
residents free broadband service at a community center for
at least two years.
Nevada
Arizona Nevada Tower Corporation, $442,468 to provide
broadband service to increase educational opportunities and
strengthen economic development. The project will focus on
educational, economic, and entertainment opportunities by
offering 5 Mbps broadband service at a reasonable cost.
North Dakota
BEK Communications Cooperative, $3 million to connect the
Northern Rural Barnes County service area to the coopera-
tive’s existing network and bring high-speed broadband
capabilities to customers in unserved areas. The proposed
fiber network will introduce new capabilities, including
voice and video, for educational, health care, and public
safety institutions.
BEK Communications Cooperative, $3 million to serve a
rural and sparsely populated area in the southern portion
of Barnes County that has suffered from out-migration. The
project will bring high-speed broadband, including voice
and video, to unserved areas. The proposed fiber network
will benefit the community’s educational, health care, and
public safety institutions.
Oklahoma
Medicine Park Telephone Company, $933,000 to deploy
broadband to the Acme area, located in the Rush Springs
Sandstone Mountains in southwestern Oklahoma. The
service will offer residential customers speeds of up to 100
Mbps and business customers speeds up to 1 gigabyte. The
project will deploy voice and video service to the entire
service area and will offer discounted service to eligible low-
income subscribers. The project will provide free service
to critical community facilities, including a fire station,
sheriff’s office, and school.
Medicine Park Telephone Company, $833,000 to deploy
wireless broadband service to the Agawam area. This ser-
vice will offer residential customers speeds of up to 20 Mbps
and business customers speeds up to 100 Mbps. The project
will deploy voice service to the entire area. Medicine Park
Telephone will also offer discounted broadband service to
eligible low-income subscribers.
Medicine Park Telephone Company, $867,000 to deploy
advanced fiber-to-the-home service to the Cookietown area,
located in the southern portion of the Wichita Mountains in
Southwestern Oklahoma. Residential customers will receive
service with speeds up to 100 Mbps, and businesses speeds
up to 1 gigabyte. The project will provide voice and cable
TV service and discounted service to eligible low-income
subscribers. The project will provide free broadband for two
years to critical community facilities.
Medicine Park Telephone Company, $1.6 million to deploy
advanced fiber-to-the-home service. Residential customers
will be able to receive service with speeds up to 100 Mbps,
while business customers will have speeds up to 1 gigabyte.
The project will provide voice service and cable TV service.
The grantee will offer discounted broadband service to
eligible low-income subscribers.
South Carolina
County of Orangeburg, $1,009,565 to provide a broadband
system to residents and businesses in the Pleasant Branch
community. The project will offer 5 Mbps to residents and
businesses and provide free service to critical community
facilities for at least two years.
Tennessee
Scott County Telephone Cooperative, $2,607,000 to con-
struct a broadband network throughout Stanley Valley. The
project includes the establishment of a community center
that will offer free broadband service to residents for two
years. Critical community facilities will receive free service
for two years.
Texas
Texhoma Fiber, LLC, $863,000 to provide broadband service
to Sunset in southern Montague County and serve homes
around the Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland area.
Residential customers will have access to service with
speeds of up to 20 Mbps, and businesses will have service
with speeds up to 100 Mbps. The project will provide a
community center with free service for at least two years.
Free service will be provided to critical community facilities
for at least two years.
Texhoma Fiber, LLC, $978,000 to provide broadband service
to the community of Ringgold. Customers will be able to
receive broadband, voice, and cable television service.
Residential customers will have access to speeds up to 100
Mbps, while speeds up to 1 gigabyte will be available for
business customers. Discounted broadband service will be
offered to eligible low-income subscribers. The project will
provide free broadband service to critical community facili-
ties and a community center for residents for at least two
years.
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