ReConnect Program FY 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement Awardees

Applicant: Wabash Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Illinois
Total square miles: 55.1
Funded Service Area Households: 1,297
Award amount: $24,278,745

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,042 people, 133 businesses, 102 farms and 10 educational facilities in Clinton and Jefferson counties in Illinois. Wabash Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Clinton and Jefferson counties.

Applicant: Pioneer Telephone Cooperative
Location: Oregon
Total square miles: 384.7
Funded Service Area Households: 923
Award amount: $24,966,775

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and hybrid fiber-coax network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,239 people, 50 businesses, 205 farms and one educational facility in Lincoln, Lane and Benton counties in Oregon. Pioneer Telephone Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs, as well the Oregon Telephone Assistance Program (OTAP), including Oregon Lifeline.

Applicant: Mountain View Rural Fiber LLC
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 54.5
Funded Service Area Households: 2,364
Award amount: $24,798,566

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 5,519 people, 298 businesses, 46 farms and 29 educational facilities in Howell, Shannon and Texas counties in Missouri. Mountain View Rural Fiber LLC will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Howell, Shannon and Texas counties.

Applicant: Mound Bayou Telephone & Communications, Inc.
Location: Mississippi
Total square miles: 28.6
Funded Service Area Households: 205
Award amount: $3,520,100

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 435 people, six businesses and 13 farms in Bolivar County in Mississippi. Mound Bayou Telephone & Communications Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Bolivar County.

Applicant: Beehive Telephone Co., Inc., Nevada
Location: Nevada
Total square miles: 4.8
Funded Service Area Households: 10
Award amount: $596,496.00

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 10 people in White Pine County in Nevada. Beehive Telephone Co. Inc. Nevada will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Goshute Land Area Representation.

Applicant: Western New Mexico Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 94.7
Funded Service Area Households: 124
Award amount: $23,770,661

The Western New Mexico Telephone Company Inc. is receiving a $23.8 million grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet access to people in Catron County. The company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs (ACP). It also will provide a $34.99 monthly plan with 75 megabits per second upload and download speeds for subscribers within the project area who are enrolled in the ACP.

Applicant: Cal-Ore Telephone Company
Location: California
Total square miles: 127.2
Funded Service Area Households: 346
Award amount: $24,997,848

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 757 people, 45 businesses, 14 farms and four educational facilities in Modoc and Siskiyou counties in California. Cal-Ore Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs, as well as the California State Lifeline Program. Cal-Ore Telephone Company also commits to providing a low-cost plan, which will provide an additional discount of $5.00 per month for all low-income broadband subscribers. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Modoc and Siskiyou counties.

Applicant: Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 10.5
Funded Service Area Households: 109
Award amount: $17,897,482

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 109 households in Valdez-Cordova County in Alaska. Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Inc will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Duo County Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc.
Location: Kentucky
Total square miles: 94
Funded Service Area Households: 397
Award amount: $24,963,158

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 897 people, eight businesses and 121 farms in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Duo County Telephone Cooperative Corporation Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline Program and Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), as well as offer an additional discount on its standard residential broadband pricing of 20% for those customers in the service areas that qualify for Lifeline or ACP. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Cumberland County.

Applicant: InterBel Telephone Cooperative, inc.
Location: Montana
Total square miles: 46.9
Funded Service Area Households: 478
Award amount: $12,095,841

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 951 people, 36 businesses and 11 farms in Lincoln and Flathead counties in Montana. InterBel Telephone Cooperative inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 24.7
Funded Service Area Households: 66
Award amount: $12,620,357

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 144 people, 14 businesses and one educational facility in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in Alaska. Matanuska Telecom Association Inc. (MTA) will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. MTA also provides free workshops to inform community members about available assistance plans. This project will serve Tyonek Alaska Native Village Statistical Area.

Applicant: Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association
Location: Minnesota
Total square miles: 76.4
Funded Service Area Households: 155
Award amount: $19,039,348

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 458 people, 16 businesses, 124 farms and one educational facility in Kandiyohi, Meeker and Stearns counties in Minnesota. Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Public Utility District 1 of Lewis County
Location: Washington
Total square miles: 679.7
Funded Service Area Households: 1,312
Award amount: $24,200,086

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,863 people, 119 businesses, 487 farms and four educational facilities in Lewis County in Washington. Public Utility District 1 of Lewis County will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: CoxCom, LLC
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 31.4
Funded Service Area Households: 976
Award amount: $13,146,805

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,824 people, 144 businesses, 60 farms and 13 educational facilities in Muskogee and Sequoyah counties in Oklahoma. CoxCom LLC will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program, as well as offering company sponsored affordability and digital equity programs for qualifying customers. This project will serve the Cherokee and Muscogee Creek Tribal Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in Muskogee and Sequoyah counties.

Applicant: WNM Communications Corporation
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 35.5
Funded Service Area Households: 1,737
Award amount: $24,700,224

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,270 people, 109 businesses, four farms and five educational facilities in Socorro County in New Mexico. WNM Communications Corporation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Socorro County.

Applicant: IBT Group USA, LLC
Location: Florida
Total Square Miles: 9.6
Funded Service Area Households: 3,201
Award Amount: $24,248,616

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 8,678 people, 231 businesses, 11 farms and 34 educational facilities in DeSoto County in Florida. IBT Group USA LLC will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline Program and Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), as well as offering an additional Low-Cost Option discount on its Basic Internet residential broadband pricing of $4.00 per month for those customers that qualify for Lifeline or ACP. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in DeSoto County.

Applicant: Uplink LLC
Location: Arkansas
Total square miles: 376.9
Funded Service Area Households: 626
Award amount: $16,891,348

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,266 people, 42 businesses, 125 farms and six educational facilities in Phillips County in Arkansas. Uplink LLC will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Phillips County.

Applicant: Unicom, Incorporated
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 0.5
Funded Service Area Households: 304
Award amount: $35,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,472 people, 22 businesses and two educational facilities in the Bethel and Kusilvak Census Areas in Alaska. Unicom Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Emmonak, Toksook Bay and Tununak Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in the Bethel and Kusilvak Census Areas.

Applicant: Star Telephone Membership Corporation
Location: North Carolina
Total square miles: 185.4
Funded Service Area Households: 1,063
Award amount: $24,914,096

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,674 people, 84 businesses, 117 farms and four educational facilities in Bladen, Columbus and Sampson counties in North Carolina. Star Telephone Membership Corporation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Bladen, Columbus and Sampson counties.

Applicant: Scott County Telephone Cooperative
Location: Virginia
Total square miles: 49.9
Funded Service Area Households: 7,157
Award amount: $25,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 17,352 people, 1,018 businesses, 37 farms and 49 educational facilities in Norton City, Wise County and Lee County in Virginia. Scott County Telephone Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Norton City, Wise County and Lee County.

Applicant: Public Utility District 1 of Okanogan County
Location: Washington
Total square miles: 301.7
Funded Service Area Households: 574
Award amount: $30,195,500

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,157 people, 21 businesses, 68 farms and two educational facilities in Okanogan County in Washington. Public Utility District 1 of Okanogan County will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Okanogan County.

Applicant: Poka-Lambro Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 69.2
Funded Service Area Households: 82
Award amount: $24,645,351

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and fixed wireless - unlicensed network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 238 people, six businesses, 39 farms and two educational facilities in Borden, Scurry and Fisher counties in Texas. Poka-Lambro Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Borden, Scurry and Fisher counties.

Applicant: Pawnee Nation Of Oklahoma
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 83.1
Funded Service Area Households: 1,615
Award amount: $24,956,035

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,052 people, 180 businesses, 183 farms and nine educational facilities in Pawnee and Payne counties in Oklahoma. The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Pawnee and Pawnee Nation Tribal Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in Pawnee and Payne counties.

Applicant: Orangeburg County
Location: South Carolina
Total square miles: 81.7
Funded Service Area Households: 1,665
Award amount: $12,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,155 people, 172 businesses, 72 farms and 13 educational facilities in Orangeburg County in South Carolina. County of Orangeburg will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Orangeburg County.

Applicant: Oklahoma Western Telephone Company
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 164
Funded Service Area Households: 395
Award amount: $24,980,258

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 977 people, nine businesses and 102 farms in Atoka, Latimer, Le Flore, Pittsburg and Pushmataha counties in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Western Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Choctaw Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Atoka, Latimer, Le Flore, Pittsburg and Pushmataha counties.

Applicant: Hamilton County Telephone Co-op
Location: Illinois
Total square miles: 14.7
Funded Service Area Households: 380
Award amount: $4,390,917

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 834 people, 12 businesses and 19 farms in Jackson County in Illinois. Hamilton County Telephone Co-op will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Jackson County.

Applicant: Bush-Tell, Incorporated
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 241.1
Funded Service Area Households: 241
Award amount: $29,945,251

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 697 people, 38 businesses and seven educational facilities in the Bethel and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Areas in Alaska. Bush-Tell Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the villages of Aniak, Upper Kalskag, Lower Kalskag, Crooked Creek, Red Devil, Sleetmute, Stony River, Holy Cross, Anvik, Shageluk and Grayling, as well as socially vulnerable communities in the Bethel and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Areas.

Applicant: Bamberg County
Location: South Carolina
Total square miles: 66.1
Funded Service Area Households: 2,350
Award amount: $12,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fixedwireless - licensed network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 5,241 people, 254 businesses, 60 farms and 24 educational facilities in Bamberg County in South Carolina. Bamberg County will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Bamberg County.

Applicant: E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 5.4
Funded Service Area Households: 11
Award amount: $2,603,946

The E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative is receiving a $2.6 million grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet access to people in De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Socorro and Union counties. E.N.M.R. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC’s Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel and Socorro counties.

Applicant: Interior Telephone Company
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 1.0
Funded Service Area Households: 459
Award amount: $34,993,700

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,601 people, 48 businesses and three educational facilities in Nome Census Area in Alaska. Interior Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Shaktoolik, St. Michael, Stebbins and Unalakleet Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in Nome Census Area.

Applicant: Mukluk Telephone Company, Incorporated
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 4.4
Funded Service Area Households: 252
Award amount: $34,989,295

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 875 people, 30 businesses, and six educational facilities in Nome Census Area in Alaska. Mukluk Telephone Company Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Inalik and Wales Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in Nome Census Area.

Applicant: Colorado River Indian Tribes
Location: Arizona
Total square miles: 126.9
Funded Service Area Households: 683
Award amount: $25,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,946 people, 41 businesses, three farms and four educational facilities in La Paz County in Arizona. Colorado River Indian Tribes will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Colorado River Indian Reservation and socially vulnerable communities in La Paz County.

Applicant: Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Montana
Total square miles: 325.9
Funded Service Area Households: 857
Award amount: $34,999,474

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,350 people, 115 businesses, 63 farms and 18 educational facilities in Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley counties in Montana. Nemont Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve Fort Peck Reservation and socially vulnerable communities in Roosevelt and Sheridan counties.

Applicant: Artic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 2.7
Funded Service Area Households: 132
Award amount: $25,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 532 people, 16 businesses and one educational facility in the North Slope Borough in Alaska. Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve Nuiqsut Alaska Native Village Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in the North Slope Borough.

Applicant: Big Bend Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 52.2
Funded Service Area Households: 36
Award amount: $25,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 64 people, one business and eight farms in Terrell, Val Verde and Brewster counties in Texas. Big Bend Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 297.4
Funded Service Area Households: 1,068
Award amount: $24,808,800

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,921 people, 70 businesses, 64 farms and 10 educational facilities in Torrance County in New Mexico. Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Torrance County.

Applicant: Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Incorporated
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 290
Funded Service Area Households: 942
Award amount: $21,722,200

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,559 people, 78 businesses, 76 farms and six educational facilities in Cibola and McKinley counties in New Mexico. Continental Divide Electric Cooperative Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Cibola and McKinley counties.

Applicant: Pine Cellular Phones, Inc.
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 89.4
Funded Service Area Households: 614
Award amount: $24,767,780

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,468 people, 45 businesses, 100 farms and 14 educational facilities in Bryan and Choctaw counties in Oklahoma. Pine Cellular Phones Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Choctaw Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Bryan and Choctaw counties.

Applicant: Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Location: Michigan
Total square miles: 0.5
Funded Service Area Households: 27 
Award amount: $3,742,293

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 56 people in Chippewa County in Michigan. Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Sault Ste. Marie Land Area Representation.

Applicant: The Chickasaw Nation
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 322.2
Funded Service Area Households: 2,447
Award amount: $24,992,756

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 6,398 people, 269 businesses, 305 farms and 30 educational facilities in Carter, Johnston, Murray and Pontotoc counties in Oklahoma. The Chickasaw Nation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve Chickasaw Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Carter, Johnston, Murray and Pontotoc counties.

Applicant: Choctaw Nation
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 95.3
Funded Service Area Households: 424
Award amount: $22,297,100

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,988 people, 12 businesses and 100 farms in Le Flore County in Oklahoma. Choctaw Nation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve Choctaw Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Le Flore County.

Applicant: Oglala Sioux Tribe
Location: South Dakota
Total square miles: 533.2
Funded Service Area Households: 816
Award amount: $34,748,254

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,322 people, 47 businesses, 55 farms and seven educational facilities in Bennett and Oglala Lakota counties in South Dakota. Oglala Sioux Tribe will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve Pine Ridge Land Area Representation and socially vulnerable communities in Bennett and Oglala Lakota counties.

Applicant: Totah Communications, Inc.
Location: Kansas
Total square miles: 60.9
Funded Service Area Households: 91
Award amount: $4,136,439

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 213 people, five businesses and 33 farms in Chautauqua County in Kansas. Totah Communications Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Chautauqua County.

Applicant: SWC Telesolutions, Incorporated
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 23.2
Funded Service Area Households: 1,637
Award amount: $9,256,350

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,962 people, 106 businesses, 11 farms and 17 educational facilities in Doña Ana and Sierra counties in New Mexico. SWC Telesolutions Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Doña Ana and Sierra counties.

Applicant: Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 148.1
Funded Service Area Households: 460
Award amount: $8,842,647

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,188 people, 15 businesses and 256 farms in Schuyler and Scotland counties in Missouri. Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority
Location: Marshall Islands
Total square miles: 5.6
Funded Service Area Households: 6,402
Award amount: $25,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and fixed wireless - licensed network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 6,402 people and three educational facilities on the Kwajalein Atoll and Majuro Atoll in the Republic of Marshall Islands. Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities on Kwajalein and Majuro.

Applicant: Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 0.1
Funded Service Area Households: 9
Award amount: $34,905,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a hybrid fiber-coax and fixed wireless (unlicensed) network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 28 people, eight businesses and one educational facility in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in Alaska. Cordova Telephone Cooperative Inc. (CTC) will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. Additionally, CTC provides a 10 percent discount for members who are senior citizens. This project will serve the Hoonah Alaska Native Village Statistical Area.

Applicant: Canby Telephone Association
Location: Oregon
Total square miles: 2.5
Funded Service Area Households: 26
Award amount: $735,294

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 107 people, six businesses and six farms in Marion County in Oregon. Canby Telephone Association will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs, as well as the Oregon Lifeline program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Marion County.

Applicant: AllBand Communications Cooperative
Location: Michigan
Total square miles: 179.4
Funded Service Area Households: 455
Award amount: $12,713,451

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 891 people, 55 businesses and 60 farms in Alcona, Iosco, Montmorency and Oscoda counties in Michigan. AllBand Communications Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: NEK Community Broadband
Location: Vermont
Total square miles: 659.71
Funded Service Area Households: 1,554
Award amount: $17,463,911

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,295 people, 94 businesses, 183 farms and 11 educational facilities in Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties in Vermont. NEK Community Broadband will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 506.5
Funded Service Area Households: 184
Award amount: $13,850,542

The Peñasco Valley Telephone (PVT) Cooperative is receiving a $13.9 million grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet access to 550 people, 48 farms and 11 businesses in Chaves, Eddy, Otero and Lincoln counties. PVT will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). PVT also offers a program that can provide free internet for households participating in the ACP. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Chaves, Eddy and Otero counties.

Applicant: South Central Utah Telephone Association, Inc.
Location: Arizona
Total square miles: 9.0
Funded Service Area Households: 24
Award Amount: $3,485,976

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 24 people and one farm in Coconino County in Arizona. South Central Utah Telephone Association Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Pembroke Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Georgia
Total square miles: 107.4
Funded Service Area Households: 1384
Award Amount: $9,472,875

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,332 people, 55 businesses, 120 farms and four educational facilities in Candler, Evans and Tattnall counties in Georgia. Pembroke Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Candler, Evans and Tattnall counties.

Applicant: Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 130.5
Funded Service Area Households: 607
Award amount: $25,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,635 people, 23 businesses and 196 farms in Cherokee County in Texas. Eastex Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs, as well as offering unlimited monthly usage on all service plans. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Cherokee County.

Applicant: Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Florida
Total Square Miles: 695.8
Funded Service Area Households: 7,238
Award Amount: $17,795,471

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and fixed wireless - licensed network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 19,003 people, 482 businesses, 654 farms and 42 educational facilities in Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee counties in Florida. Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative Inc will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee counties.

Applicant: TecInfo Communications LLC
Location: Mississippi
Total square miles: 205.6
Funded Service Area Households: 753
Award amount: $15,837,906

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,827 people, 47 businesses, 77 farms and seven educational facilities in Washington County in Mississippi. TecInfo Communications LLC will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Washington County.

Applicant: Sycamore Telephone Company
Location: Ohio
Total square miles: 2.1
Funded Service Area Households: 32
Award amount: $5,007,614

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 38 people and four farms in Seneca, Crawford and Wyandot counties in Ohio. Sycamore Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Reedsburg Utility Commission
Location: Wisconsin
Total square miles: 402.1
Funded Service Area Households: 3,614
Award amount: $28,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 9,661 people, 319 businesses, 689 farms and eight educational facilities in Richland, Dane, Iowa, Juneau and Sauk counties in Wisconsin. Reedsburg Utility Commission will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Calaveras Telephone Company
Location: California
Total square miles: 4.5
Funded Service Area Households: 998
Award amount: $15,277,786

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,496 people, 13 businesses, three farms and one educational facility in Calaveras County in California. Calaveras Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Aptitude Internet LLC
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 845.9
Funded Service Area Households: 7,840
Award amount: $42,348,107

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 18,982 people, 480 businesses, 1,452 farms and 15 educational facilities in Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Maries, Osage and Phelps counties in Missouri. Aptitude Internet LLC will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Decatur Telephone Company
Location: Arkansas
Total square miles: 112.7
Funded Service Area Households: 1,921
Award amount: $30,422,497

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 5,444 people, 74 businesses, 257 farms and four educational facilities in Benton County in Arkansas. Decatur Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Kansas
Total square miles: 631.6
Funded Service Area Households: 1,669
Award amount: $49,954,702

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,189 people, 149 businesses, 821 farms and three educational facilities in Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and Neosho counties in Kansas. Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Goodman Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 94.9
Funded Service Area Households: 2,572
Award amount: $29,516,120

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 6,889 people, 140 businesses, 206 farms and two educational facilities in McDonald and Newton counties in Missouri. Goodman Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in McDonald and Newton counties.

Applicant: Amplex Electric, Inc.
Location: Ohio
Total square miles: 94.2
Funded Service Area Households: 1,217
Award amount: $21,341,792

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,134 people, 65 businesses and 187 farms in Ottawa and Sandusky Counties in Ohio. Amplex Electric Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Company
Location: Oregon
Total square miles: 59.3
Funded Service Area Households: 2,800
Award amount: $30,554,419

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 7,611 people, 202 businesses, 136 farms and six educational facilities in Clackamas County in Oregon. Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Hat Island Telephone Company
Location: Washington
Total square miles: 0.7
Funded Service Area Households: 47
Award amount: $2,980,652

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 93 people, six businesses and one farm in Snohomish County in Washington. Hat Island Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility, Inc. 
Location: Arizona
Total square miles: 30.3
Funded Service Area Households: 1,004
Award amount: $16,866,250

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,126 people, 58 businesses, two farms and 14 educational facilities in Gila, Graham and Pinal counties in Arizona. San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve San Carlos Land Area Representation and socially vulnerable communities in Gila, Graham and Pinal counties.

Applicant: Wave Wireless, L.L.C.
Location: Kansas
Total square miles: 25.2
Funded Service Area Households: 90
Award amount: $991,530

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 228 people, six businesses and 39 farms in Labette and Montgomery counties in Kansas. Wave Wireless L.L.C. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Labette and Montgomery counties.

Applicant: The Ponderosa Telephone Co.
Location: California
Total square miles: 14.9
Funded Service Area Households: 536
Award amount: $42,554,334

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and hybrid-fiber-coax network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,280 people, 26 businesses, and 12 farms in Fresno County, California. The Ponderosa Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Tatum Telephone Company
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 0.7
Funded Service Area Households: 191
Award amount: $2,903,540

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and hybrid-fiber-coax network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 520 people, 25 businesses, one farm and two educational facilities in Panola County in Texas. Tatum Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Prairieburg Telephone Company, Incorporated
Location: Iowa
Total square miles: 1.0
Funded Service Area Households: 533
Award amount: $3,987,550

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,232 people, 51 businesses, two farms, and nine educational facilities in Linn County, Iowa. Prairieburg Telephone Company Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Lismore Cooperative Telephone Company
Location: Minnesota
Total square miles: 548.8
Funded Service Area Households: 1,477
Award amount: $19,412,110

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,839 people, 127 businesses, 679 farms and one educational facility in Nobles County in Minnesota. Lismore Cooperative Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Fort Mojave Telecommunications, Inc.
Location: Arizona
Total square miles: 8.5
Funded Service Area Households: 1,410
Award amount: $13,544,840

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,043 people, 47 businesses, and five educational facilities in Mohave County, Arizona. Fort Mojave Telecommunications Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve Fort Mojave Indian Reservation.

Applicant: Cimarron Telephone Company, L.L.C.
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 66.9
Funded Service Area Households: 1,286
Award amount: $17,752,474

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,239 people, 45 businesses, 133 farms and one educational facility in Creek County in Oklahoma. Cimarron Telephone Company L.L.C. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve the Muscogee Creek Tribal Statistical Area.

Applicant: Ozark Telephone Company
Location: Arkansas, Missouri
Total square miles: 100.9
Funded Service Area Households: 2,321
Award amount: $26,726,208

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 6,917 people, 171 businesses, 188 farms and six educational facilities in Benton County in Arkansas and McDonald County in Missouri. Ozark Telephone Company (OZTC) will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. Additionally, OZTC will support customers' transition to its new service offering by crediting the difference between the new service rate and the customer's existing service rate for a full 12-month transition period, as well as offering free installation of FTTP technology to all residential customers in the service area. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Benton and McDonald counties.

Applicant: Oregon Telephone Corporation
Location: Idaho, Oregon
Total square miles: 154.8
Funded Service Area Households: 2,439
Award amount: $30,738,266

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 7,302 people, 145 businesses, 505 farms and four educational facilities in Ada and Canyon counties in Idaho and Grant County in Oregon. Oregon Telephone Corporation (OTC) will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program, as well the Oregon Telephone Assistance Program (OTAP), including Oregon Lifeline. Additionally, to ensure an easy transition to its new service offering, OTC will credit the difference between its new service and the customer's existing service rate for a full 12-month transition period, along with offering free installation of FTTP technology to all residential customers in the service area.

Applicant: Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc
Location: Kentucky
Total square miles: 116.1
Funded Service Area Households: 1,071
Award amount: $18,815,588

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,462 people, 32 businesses and 72 farms in Breathitt and Lee counties in Kentucky. Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Breathitt and Lee counties.

Applicant: Johnson Telephone Company
Location: Minnesota
Total square miles: 59.2
Funded Service Area Households: 440
Award amount: $15,832,816

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 949 people, 30 businesses and 13 farms in Cass County in Minnesota. Johnson Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: MiEnergy Cooperative
Location: Minnesota
Total square miles: 91.3
Funded Service Area Households: 377
Award amount: $13,677,078

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,017 people, nine businesses and 148 farms in Fillmore County in Minnesota. MiEnergy Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Seneca Telephone Company
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 105.6
Funded Service Area Households: 2,578
Award amount: $28,398,670

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 6,812 people, 178 businesses, 240 farms and 12 educational facilities in McDonald and Newton counties in Missouri. Seneca Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. Additionally, to ensure an easy transition to its new service offering, STC will credit the difference between its new service and the customer's existing service rate for a full 12-month transition period, as well as offer free installation of FTTP technology to all residential customers in the service area.

Applicant: Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: New Mexico, Oklahoma
Total square miles: 2,244.4
Funded Service Area Households: 577
Award amount: $43,331,048

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,284 people, 36 businesses, 696 farms and three educational facilities in Beaver and Cimarron counties in Oklahoma and Union County in New Mexico. Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Canadian Valley Telephone Company
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 48.8
Funded Service Area Households: 643
Award amount: $9,995,200

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,505 people, 36 businesses, 61 farms and three educational facilities in Pittsburg County in Oklahoma. Canadian Valley Telephone will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve Choctaw Nation Tribal land.

Applicant: North-State Telephone Co.
Location: Oregon
Total square miles: 172.7
Funded Service Area Households: 686
Award amount: $20,470,252

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,490 people, 64 businesses and 43 farms in Wasco County in Oregon. North State Telephone Co. (NSTC) will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program, as well the Oregon Telephone Assistance Program (OTAP), including Oregon Lifeline. Additionally, to ensure an easy transition to its new service offering, NSTC will credit the difference between its new service and the customer's existing service rate for a full 12-month transition period, along with offering free installation of FTTP technology to all residential customers in the service area.

Applicant: Home Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: South Carolina
Total square miles: 149.3
Funded Service Area Households: 1,537
Award amount: $6,207,808

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,901 people, 49 businesses, 46 farms and two educational facilities in Berkeley County in South Carolina. Home Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Berkeley County.

Applicant: DeKalb Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Tennessee
Total square miles: 22.1
Funded Service Area Households: 249
Award amount: $1,586,520

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 787 people, nine businesses and 56 farms in Rutherford, Wilson and Cannon counties in Tennessee. DeKalb Telephone Cooperative Inc. (DTC) will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. Additionally, DTC offers a significant monthly discount to its first-year customers living anywhere in its service territory. This offer has no data caps, and the discount pricing applies to the first 12 months of service, including equipment and installation fees.

Applicant: Beehive Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Utah
Total square miles: 32.8
Funded Service Area Households: 61
Award amount: $4,427,690

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 136 people and five farms in Iron and Washington counties in Utah. Beehive Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Home Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Washington
Total square miles: 183.9
Funded Service Area Households: 1,731
Award amount: $36,176,424

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and hybrid-fiber-coax network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,183 people, 138 businesses, 74 farms and seven educational facilities in Klickitat County in Washington. Home Telephone Company (HTC) will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. Additionally, HTC will support customers' transition to its new service offering by crediting the difference between the new service rate and the customer's existing service rate for a full 12-month transition period, as well as offering free installation of FTTP technology to all residential customers in the service area. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Klickitat County.

Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Jefferson County, Washington
Location: Washington
Total square miles: 45.9
Funded Service Area Households: 620
Award amount: $13,803,348

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,295 people, 33 businesses and six farms in Jefferson County in Washington. Public Utility District No. 1 of Jefferson County, Washington will make high speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Gascosage Electric Cooperative
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 103.5
Funded Service Area Households: 944
Award amount: $14,127,737

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,416 people, 37 businesses, 120 farms and one educational facility in Maries, Miller and Pulaski counties in Missouri. Gascosage Electric Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Maries, Miller and Pulaski counties.

Applicant: Grafton Technologies, Inc.
Location: Il;linois
Total square miles: 5.5
Funded Service Area Households: 48
Award amount: $1,285,302

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 103 people, one business and eight farms in Jersey County in Illinois. Grafton Technologies Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.