USDA Funds $190.5 Million for Rural Broadband, Telecom Improvements in 19 States and Territories
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced $190.5 million in Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding Wednesday for broadband deployments and other advanced communications infrastructure improvements in 19 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 25 projects being funded through…
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the USDA grants and loans include a $24 million loan to Arkansas’ Arkwest Communications to provide voice, broadband and Internet TV service to almost 4,000 customers and make other system improvements. Other projects include a $2.5 million grant to Nexus Systems to provide broadband in Powhatan, Louisiana, and a $750,000 grant to public TV broadcasters in the U.S. Virgin Islands to replace analog production and satellite equipment with high-definition equipment, USDA said (http://1.usa.gov/ZOODPu).