The money is part of a $9.2 billion allocation to boost high-speed Internet across the country through the FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund following a competitive auction to win funding for a 10-year period.
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"The challenges over this last year in accessing virtual learning, online economic opportunities, and telehealth services have only reinforced the importance of bringing high-speed broadband service to all of our communities," Sen.
The grants range from a low of $3,150 for Plateau Telecommunications in eastern
Other large grant recipients include $38 million for Grants-based
"We are thrilled and grateful for the state and federally-sponsored grant programs," Castillo said in a statement. "This funding will go a long way toward bridging the digital divide in (our) service area."
The co-op's Red Bolt Broadband program grew out of Continental Divide's buildout of a supervisory control and data acquisition, or SCADA, system which enables digitally-based energy management to improve the reliability, efficiency, safety and quality of the co-op's electric grid. SCADA requires the installation of fiber-optic lines and other high-speed communications equipment to monitor the grid remotely and gather data in real time.
Red Bolt Broadband became available in the City of Grants in 2017, and then the village of
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