Keep your sales and prospecting teams pointed in the right direction. Every week we round up the rural broadband projects, grants, and deals worth watching.
Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications Is providing broadband service and discussed broadband success stories and policy priorities. With help from NRECA Broadband, co-ops providing internet service are boosting the quality of life in their communities.
Norwood Light Broadband · Norwood, Massachusetts · ftth Is transitioning its network from hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) to fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) to deliver gigabit internet speeds to every home and business in Norwood, Massachusetts, while phasing out traditional video service.
ToledoTel · Lewis County, Washington · $23.5M · STATE_PROGRAM · fiber Completed their first broadband connection for the Winlock Broadband Expansion project in Lewis County with $23.5 million from Washington State Broadband Office, with ribbon-cutting event in May 2024.
Hood Canal Communications · Jefferson County, Washington · $10.0M · STATE_PROGRAM · fiber Completed the Northern Hood Canal Fiber Extension in Jefferson County with a $10 million grant from Washington State Broadband Office, providing broadband service to 862 homes.
EPB · fiber Created a fiber network to manage its electric grid and began offering broadband services. Incoming EPB CEO talks about the broadband company’s work with quantum.
Wecom · Rural Areas · fiber Is building a repeatable operating model for rural fiber expansion. Opinion: Technology isn't the hard part anymore.
Vero Fiber · Eureka, California · fiber optic Has enabled over 11,000 homes and businesses with fiber internet access in the Eureka area since its introduction in October 2024. Vero Fiber Begins Construction on Eureka Phase 2 Project.
Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation · Iredell County, North Carolina · $521K · STATE_PROGRAM · fiber (trading as Zirrus) received a $520,940 state Stop-Gap Solutions broadband grant to serve 65 locations across five counties including Iredell County, with completion due by the end of 2026.
Golden State Connect Authority · 40 Rural Counties Including Alpine, Amador, Glenn, Imperial, Mono, Tehama Counties and Mammoth Lakes, California · $296.3M · STATE_PROGRAM · fiber Signed a Master Service Agreement with California Department of Technology to connect its Golden State Fiber last-mile network to the state's middle-mile infrastructure, backed by $110.9 million in bond financing and $185.4 million from the California Public Utilities Commission's Last Mile Federal Funding Account.
Cityside Fiber · Southern California · fiber Of Southern California sees fiber-to-the-home as the foundation for 5G, 6G, edge computing and smart-city infrastructure. Opinion: Fiber’s next act: From broadband to the infrastructure of the physical AI economy.
Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications · Plumas County, Sierra County, Lassen County, California · $15.0M · STATE_PROGRAM · fiber Accepted grant awards totaling almost $15 million from California Advanced Services Fund to bring fiber optics to over 450 homes in Plumas, Sierra and Lassen counties.
ElektraFi · Grand County, Colorado · fixed_wireless_and_fiber Expands broadband service in Grand County with fixed wireless and fiber options, offering speeds up to 2 gigabits per second for residents and businesses.