Members of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, received over $140 million in loans and grants for broadband deployment through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest distribution of loan and grant funding under the ReConnect Program. Most of the projects will support the delivery of 100 Mbps symmetrical or better broadband service.
The projects will serve 14,908 people, 315 businesses, 686 farms and 10 anchor institutions. In 2022, 2023 and 2024, USDA awarded over $2 billion to NTCA members through the ReConnect Program. Continue Reading
“As 2024 comes to a close, we are thrilled to see that USDA continues to recognize the commitment of NTCA’s community-based members,” said NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield. “There is no one more committed to deploying and sustaining robust broadband networks in some of the most remote and rural areas of the country than NTCA members, and support from programs like ReConnect is critical to their success. On behalf of NTCA and its members, I look forward to continued collaboration with USDA and others to build upon our efforts to bridge the digital divide.”
The following NTCA members received funding through ReConnect loans and grants:
- MTA Solutions (Palmer, AK)
- Mon-Cre Telephone Cooperative Inc. (Ramer, AL)
- Ragland Telephone Company (Ragland, AL)
- Sierra Tel (Oakhurst, CA)
- PAC Fiber (Pembroke, GA)
- Waldron Telephone Company (Waldron, MI)
- Barry County Telephone Company (Delton, MI)
- Consolidated Telephone Company (CTC: Brainerd, MN)
- Red River Communications (Abercrombie, ND)
- GRM Networks (Princeton, MO)
- Nemont Telecommunications (Scobey, MT)
- InterBel (Eureka, MT)
- Lincoln County Telephone System, Inc. (Pioche, NV)
- Pioneer Connect (Philomath, OR)
- Big Bend Telephone (BBT; Alpine, TX)
- Bloomer Broadband (Bloomer, WI)
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