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.
Ardmore, Alabama · fiber Ardmore Telephone Company officially rebranded to Cornerstone Connectivity in April 2026 and received Smart Rural Community designation from the Rural Broadband Association for deploying 100 Mbps broadband to at least half of their service area.
Fauquier County, Sumerduck, Virginia · $61.3M · STATE_PROGRAM · fiber Is deploying a $61.3 million fiber broadband project in partnership with Fauquier County and the state of Virginia to connect about 8,500 homes and businesses, with the first connections now being made in Sumerduck.
Lewis County, Washington · $23.5M · STATE_PROGRAM · broadband Received $23.5 million from Washington State Broadband Office to complete the Winlock Broadband Expansion project with ToledoTel, completing their first broadband connection in early May 2024.
Taholah, Washington An Indigenous-owned telecommunications infrastructure company owned by the Quinault Indian Nation, received the 2026 Broadband Communities Tribal Lands Award for providing modern, high-quality telecommunications services to tribal lands.
Southeast Georgia · BEAD · fiber Selected Nokia to build an AI-ready fiber network in southeast Georgia, partially funded through the U.S. BEAD program, to deliver connectivity to underserved communities.
Gilbert, Arizona · fiber Officially launched fiber network in Gilbert, Arizona, offering speeds up to 8 Gbps to residents and commercial fiber packages to local businesses.
Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia · broadband Broadband expansion in Logan and Mingo counties is nearing completion with nearly 5,000 potential customers in Logan County and 1,500 potential customers in Mingo County ready for activation.
Bluffton, South Carolina · fiber Began construction on a fiber network in Bluffton, South Carolina, extending access to over 10,000 homes and businesses with first customers expected online by early 2027.
Oregon · $42.0M · fiber Begins a $42 million rural fiber expansion project. Building Broadband: Douglas Fast Net begins $42M rural Oregon fiber expansion - Lightwave Online.
West Virginia · $100.0M · STATE_PROGRAM · fiber Announced plans to deploy more than 500 miles of high-speed fiber infrastructure across 10 West Virginia counties with a $100 million federal and state investment.
Ogallala, Nebraska · BEAD · fixed_wireless Connected Nebraska's first BEAD-funded household in Ogallala using fixed wireless technology from a tower. A BEAD on Nebraska broadband: State reopens provider applications with over $300M still in limbo.
Goodhue County, Minnesota · $3.2M · RECONNECT · fiber optic Goodhue County Board voted 3-2 to accept a $3.21 million USDA ReConnect Program Grant for rural broadband expansion with Nuvera Communications as the provider to handle fiber optic installation, with grant term for 20 years.