505-867-2668 - Broadband Properties
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to West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative, $66 million<br />
to Highland Telephone Cooperative and $64 million to Montana<br />
Opticom. In addition, VTel Wireless will deploy some<br />
FTTH in its primarily 4G wireless project.<br />
Recipients are mainly independent telephone companies<br />
but also include an electric co-op, a public utilities district and<br />
tribal authorities. More than half had prior experience with<br />
deploying FTTH. See the list below for details.<br />
RUS <strong>Broadband</strong> Initiatives Program Awards for FTTH Projects<br />
Loans and Grants Announced August 4, 2010<br />
Applicant State Award Amount Potential Subscribers Previous<br />
(Millions; may be<br />
FTTH<br />
supplemented by<br />
non-RUS funds)<br />
Allband Communications Cooperative MI $8.6 3,800 people, 95 businesses, x<br />
www.allband.org<br />
9 community institutions<br />
Allband Communications Cooperative MI $1.1 500 people, 20 businesses x<br />
www.allband.org<br />
Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation NC $16 8,700 people, 270 businesses, x<br />
www.atmc.net<br />
35 community institutions<br />
AtLink OK $8.5 4,000 people, 1,400 businesses,<br />
www.atlinkwifi.com<br />
6 community institutions<br />
Baldwin Telecom WI $9.1 3,600 people, 30 businesses, x<br />
www.baldwin-telecom.net<br />
2 community institutions<br />
Calaveras Telephone CA $4.1 1,000 people, several businesses x<br />
www.calaverastelephone.com<br />
Cascade Networks WA, OR $3.7 3,100 people, 200 businesses, x<br />
www.cascadenetworks.net<br />
5 community institutions<br />
Castle Cable TV NY $7.2 5,500 people, 217 businesses,<br />
www.castlecabletv.com<br />
12 community institutions<br />
Chequamegon Communications Cooperative WI $31.1 10,400 people, 959 businesses,<br />
www.cheqtel.com<br />
35 community institutions<br />
Cimarron Telephone Company* OK $42.4 21,500 people, 933 local x<br />
www.cimtel.net<br />
businesses, 35 community<br />
institutions<br />
Clear Lake Independent Telephone IA $7.9 2000 people, 20 businesses x<br />
www.cltel.com<br />
Climax Telephone Company MI $3.2 1,800 people, 50 businesses,<br />
www.ctstelecom.com<br />
9 community institutions<br />
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company MN $9.7 3,700 people, 165 businesses, x<br />
www.farmerstel.net<br />
12 community institutions<br />
Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Company IA $8.6 3,700 people, 70 businesses,<br />
www.omnitel.biz<br />
15 community institutions<br />
Federated Telephone Cooperative MN $3.0 950 people, 20 businesses x<br />
www.fedtel.net<br />
Foothills Rural Telephone Cooperative KY $21 6,000 people, 800 businesses, x<br />
www.foothills.net<br />
8 community institutions<br />
Grand River Mutual Telephone MO $12.4 2,800 people, 750 businesses, x<br />
www.grm.net<br />
20 community institutions<br />
Grand River Mutual Telephone MO $9.0 1,500 people, 350 businesses, x<br />
www.grm.net<br />
8 community institutions<br />
Griggs County Telephone Company ND $22.1 4,000 people, 400 businesses,<br />
www.mlgc.com<br />
15 community institutions<br />
Highland Telephone Cooperative TN, KY $66.5 52,000 people, 1,800 businesses, x<br />
www.highlandtel.net<br />
100 community institutions<br />
Home Communications KS $2 500 people, 24 businesses,<br />
www.hometelco.net<br />
10 community institutions<br />
Home Telephone Company SC $4 2,700 people, x<br />
www.hometelco.com<br />
7 community institutions<br />
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