ReConnect Program FY 2022 Funding Opportunity Announcement Awardees

Applicant: Arctic Slope Telephone
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 0.3
Funded Service Area Households: 151
Award amount: $30,970,030

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 476 people, 15 businesses and a public school to high-speed internet in North Slope Borough, Alaska. Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve the socially vulnerable communities of North Slope Borough and portions of the Anaktuvuk and the Point Lay Alaska Native Village Tribal Areas.

Applicant: Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Location: Michigan
Total square miles: 0.6
Funded Service Area Households: 403
Award amount: $24,944,355

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,217 people and 26 businesses to high-speed internet in Chippewa and Mackinac counties. The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa will make high-speed internet affordable by requiring its service provider to participate in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This program provides low-income consumers with discounts on high-speed internet services. This project will serve Sault Ste. Marie Off-Reservation Trust Land, the Sault Ste. Marie Reservation as well as socially vulnerable communities in Chippewa and Mackinac counties. 

Applicant: Osage Nation
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 206.4
Funded Service Area Households: 329
Award amount: $13,907,500

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 831 people, 18 businesses, and 128 farms to high-speed internet in Osage county in Oklahoma. Osage Nation will make highspeed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Osage Nation and Socially Vulnerable Communities in Osage County.

Applicant: Big Bend Telephone Company Inc.
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 147.4
Funded Service Area Households: 53
Award amount: $24,018,756

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 98 people, one business and five farms to high-speed internet in Presidio and Terrell counties in Texas. Big Bend Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve the Socially Vulnerable Community in Presidio County.

Applicant: Bristol Bay Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 26.7
Funded Service Area Households: 269
Award amount: $34,885,420

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 844 people, 22 businesses and seven public schools to high-speed internet in Bristol Bay Borough, Dillingham Census Area, Lake Borough, and Peninsula Borough in Alaska. Bristol Bay Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Affordable Connectivity Program and Lifeline Program. Eligible households receive discounts for broadband services in tribal entities and one-time discounts toward the purchase of a computer or tablet. This project will serve New Stuyahok, Levelock, King Salmon, New Koliganek, Naknek, South Naknek, and Ekwok Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and the socially vulnerable communities of Dillingham, Lake and Peninsula.

Applicant: Unicom, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 2.5
Funded Service Area Households: 520
Award amount: $31,039,614

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-thepremises network. This network will connect 2,165 people, 14 businesses and three public schools to high-speed internet in the Bethel Census Area in Alaska. Unicom Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline Program, the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program and the FCC's new Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Atmautluak, Nunapitchuk, Kasigluk, Tuntutuliak, Kwethluk and Kwinhagak Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and the socially vulnerable community of Bethel County.

Applicant: Table Top Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Arizona
Total square miles: 5.6
Funded Service Area Households: 58
Award amount: $3,775,276

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 201 people, seven businesses and two farms to high-speed internet in Apache County. Table Top Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by offering 100 megabits per second symmetrical service free for residents that participate in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Apache County and will serve the Navajo Nation Reservation.

Applicant: San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative
Location: Colorado
Total square miles: 52.1
Funded Service Area Households: 63
Award amount: $1,998,448

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 129 people, eight businesses, a public school and 20 farms to high-speed internet in Conejos and Alamosa counties. The cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Affordable Connectivity Program. It proposes not to charge for routers or modems. This project will serve the socially vulnerable communities in Conejos and Alamosa Counties.

Applicant: Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Montana
Total square miles: 1418.4
Funded Service Area Households: 383
Award amount: $24,972,692

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,058 people, 25 businesses and 282 farms to high-speed internet in Roosevelt and Valley counties. Nemont will make high-speed internet affordable by offering a suite of broadband services designed to be simple. It will target residents and businesses on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. All services offered will be symmetrical and capable of supporting multiple simultaneous users for many applications, including teleworking and remote learning. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Roosevelt County and on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

Applicant: Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 115
Funded Service Area Households: 249
Award amount: $3,681,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise network. This network will connect 606 people, eight businesses, 34 farms and two public schools to high-speed internet in Cibola and McKinley counties. Continental will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Emergency Broadband Benefit and Affordable Connectivity Plans. This project will serve the Laguna Pueblo, the Acoma Pueblo, and the Acoma Off-Reservation Trust Land tribal entities as well as socially vulnerable communities in Cibola and McKinley counties.

Applicant: E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 73
Funded Service Area Households: 32
Award amount: $14,749,747

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to connect people, businesses and farms to high-speed internet in Chaves, Colfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, San Miguel, Socorro, Torrance and Union counties. E.N.M.R. will make high-speed internet affordable by offering price plans that match the pricing offered to all other FTTP Cooperative members. All three plans will include free Wi-Fi service. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Colfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel and Socorro counties.

Applicant: Five Area Telephone Cooperative Inc.
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 1408
Funded Service Area Households: 538
Award amount: $16,606,750

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,402 people, 50 businesses, 712 farms and four public schools to high-speed internet in Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb and Parmer counties. The Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline Programs, giving residents discounts on their services. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Parmer, Bailey, Cochran and Lamb counties.

Applicant: Dena' Nena' Henash (Tanana Chiefs Conference)
Location:  Alaska
Total square miles: 7.3
Funded Service Area Households: 116
Award amount: $30,323,227

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 301 people, 17 businesses and three educational facilities to high-speed internet in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in Alaska. Dena' Nena' Henash will make high-speed internet affordable by implementing the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Tribal Lifeline programs. This project will serve the Hughes, Huslia, Alatna, and Allakaket Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas as well as the socially vulnerable communities of Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area.

Applicant: Hayneville Telephone Company Inc.
Location:  Alabama
Total square miles: 215.6
Funded Service Area Households: 1,826
Award amount: $24,781,800

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 4,646 people, 154 farms, 96 businesses and three public schools to high-speed internet in Lowndes County, Alabama. Hayneville Telephone Company Inc. will make high- speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Lowndes County.

Applicant: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Location:  Arkansas
Total square miles: 184.2
Funded Service Area Households: 434
Award amount: $16,036,684

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 999 people, 100 farms and 33 businesses to high-speed internet in Jefferson and Lincoln counties in Arkansas. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Jefferson and Lincoln counties in Arkansas.

Applicant: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
Location:  Arizona
Total square miles: 5.6
Funded Service Area Households: 1,233
Award amount: $7,157,869

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 4,784 people, 27 businesses, 10 educational facilities and two farms to high- speed internet in Navajo County in Arizona. Navajo Tribal Utility Company will make high- speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Navajo Nation Reservation and  socially vulnerable communities in Navajo County.

Applicant: Tohono O'odham Utility Authority
Location:  Arizona
Total square miles: 1,181.1
Funded Service Area Households: 422
Award amount: $9,957,228

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,624 people, 123 farms, 11 businesses and four educational facilities in Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal counties in Arizona. Tohono O'odham Utility Authority 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 Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties as well as the Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation and Tohono O'odham Nation Off-Reservation Trust Land.

Applicant: Cal-Ore Telephone Co.
Location:  California
Total square miles: 62.0
Funded Service Area Households: 125
Award amount: $17,622,667

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 321 people, seven farms, six businesses and three public schools to high-speed internet in Siskiyou County, California. Cal-Ore Telephone will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Siskiyou County, California.

Applicant: Teleguam Holdings LLC
Location:  Guam
Total square miles: 97.8
Funded Service Area Households: 8,622
Award amount: $29,767,352

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 8,622 households to high-speed internet in Guam. Teleguam Holdings Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by implementing the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Guam.

Applicant: Sledge Telephone Company Inc.
Location:  Mississippi
Total square miles: 0.8
Funded Service Area Households: 374
Award amount: $2,336,547

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,115 people, 19 businesses and two educational facilities to high-speed internet in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Sledge Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. Sledge Telephone Company Inc. will serve socially vulnerable communities in Sunflower County.

Applicant: Decatur Telephone Company
Location:  Mississippi
Total square miles: 53.3
Funded Service Area Households: 480
Award amount: $6,160,331

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,251 people, 48 farms, 34 businesses and an educational facility to high-speed internet in Newton County in Mississippi. Decatur Telephone Company will make high- speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Newton County.

Applicant: AccessOn Networks Inc.
Location:  North Carolina
Total square miles: 126.7
Funded Service Area Households: 2,156
Award amount: $17,467,025

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 5,434 people, 100 businesses, 76 farms and 22 educational facilities to high- speed internet in Halifax and Warren counties in North Carolina. AccessOn Networks Inc. will make high-speed internet service affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Warren and Halifax counties and the Haliwa-Saponi Tribal Statistical Area.

Applicant: Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc.
Location:  New Mexico
Total square miles: 476
Funded Service Area Households: 903
Award amount: $24,999,998

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 2,970 people and 56 businesses to high-speed internet in Chaves and Lea counties in New Mexico. Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by implementing the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Chaves County.

Applicant: WNM Communications Corporation
Location:  New Mexico
Total square miles: 75.2
Funded Service Area Households: 1,176
Award amount: $24,926,765

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 3,093 people, 30 businesses, five farms and four educational facilities to high- speed internet in Grant and Luna counties in New Mexico. WNM Communications Corporation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Luna County.

Applicant: Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
Location:  Oklahoma
Total square miles: 583.6
Funded Service Area Households: 1,388
Award amount: $24,996,065

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 3,486 people, 792 farms, 124 businesses and 12 educational facilities in Noble, Osage, and Pawnee counties in Oklahoma. This project will serve the Pawnee, Ponca and Otoe-Missouria Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Areas in Oklahoma.

Applicant: Pine Cellular Phones Inc.
Location:  Oklahoma
Total square miles: 119.4
Funded Service Area Households: 755
Award amount: $11,105,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,901 people, 95 farms and 47 businesses in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Pine Cellular Phones Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in McCurtain County in Oklahoma and the Choctaw Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area.

Applicant: Terral Telephone Company
Location:  Oklahoma
Total square miles: 161.4
Funded Service Area Households: 630
Award amount: $7,497,965

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,529 people,90 farms, 37 businesses and six educational facilities to high-speed internet in Jefferson County, Oklahoma. Terral Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Jefferson County and the Chickasaw Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area.

Applicant: VPNet Inc.
Location:  Puerto Rico
Total square miles: 7.3
Funded Service Area Households: 1
Award amount: $8,783,620

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect seven public schools and a person to high-speed internet in Patillas and Arroyo municipios in Puerto Rico. VPNet Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity programs. This enables VPNet to further discount the cost of broadband services to low-income households. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Patillas and Arroyo municipios.

Applicant: Palau National Communications Corporation
Location:  Palau
Total square miles: 155
Funded Service Area Households: 6
Award amount: $34,991,340

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect six people and three educational facilities to high-speed internet in Angaur, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Koro, Meyuns and Peleliu in Palau. Palau National Communications Corporation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Palau.

Applicant: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone
Location:  South Dakota
Total square miles: 667.1
Funded Service Area Households: 180
Award amount: $16,957,883

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 488 people, 88 farms and seven businesses to high-speed internet in Corson and Dewey counties in South Dakota. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone will make high- speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Corson and Dewey counties and on the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Reservations.

Applicant: Alpha Enterprises Limited, Inc
Location: Michigan
Total square miles: 93
Funded Service Area Households: 458
Award Amount: $19,469,275

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premises network. The network that will connect 1,023 people, 19 businesses and 10 farms to high-speed internet in Chippewa and Mackinac counties in Michigan. Alpha Enterprises Limited, Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable through the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. The project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Mackinac County.

Applicant: Uplink Internet, LLC
Location: Mississippi
Total square miles: 406
Funded Service Area Households: 1,021
Award Amount: $14,849,729

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premises network. This network will connect 2,340 people, 143 farms, 45 businesses and a public school to high-speed internet in Coahoma, Quitman and Tunica counties. It also will serve socially vulnerable communities in these counties, which are supported by the Rural Partners Network, an all-of-government initiative that combines federal, state and local resources to address specific needs in rural and tribal communities across the country.

Applicant: Alaska Telephone Company
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 9.4
Funded Service Area Households: 92
Award amount: $33,017,636

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 211 people and five businesses to high-speed internet in Haines Borough, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Skagway Municipality in Alaska. Alaska Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by implementing the FCC's Lifeline Program. This project will serve Skagway and Chilkat Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas.

Applicant: Mon-Cre Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alabama
Total square miles: 72.8
Funded Service Area Households: 781
Award amount: $3,951,801

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,812 people, 30 businesses, 53 farms and four public schools to high-speed internet in Butler, Crenshaw, Lowndes, and Montgomery counties in Alabama. Mon-Cre Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs, providing discounts to qualifying subscribers. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities Lowndes County.

Applicant: J.B.N. Telephone Company Inc.
Location: Kansas, Nebraska
Total square miles: 234
Funded Service Area Households: 302
Award amount: $6,319,640

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 704 people, 17 businesses, and 225 farms to high-speed internet in Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Republic, Washington, and Riley counties in Kansas as well as Jefferson and Thayer counties in Nebraska. J.B.N Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs by providing low-income consumers who qualify up to $30 monthly service credit.

Applicant: Bay Springs Telephone Company Inc.
Location: Mississippi
Total square miles: 75.4
Funded Service Area Households: 419
Award amount: $8,128,534

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-home network. This network will connect 1,123 people, nine businesses and 57 farms to high-speed internet in Jasper and Smith counties in Mississippi. Bay Springs Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participation in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: TEC of Jackson Inc.
Location: Mississippi
Total square miles: 376.1
Funded Service Area Households: 3,758
Award amount: $22,210,057

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network that will connect 9,770 people, 92 businesses and 310 farms to high-speed internet in Copiah, Scott, Lawrence, Newton and Simpson counties in Mississippi. TEC of Jackson Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Newton, Simpson and Lawrence counties.

Applicant: Project Telephone Company
Location: Montana
Total square miles: 136.4
Funded Service Area Households: 276
Award amount: $8,579,820

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 693 people, 16 businesses, one educational facility, and 23 farms to high-speed internet in Big Horn and Yellowstone counties in Montana. Project Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by implementing the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve portions of the Crow Reservation, Fort Smith and Pompey’s Pillar areas.

Applicant: Halstad Telephone Company
Location: North Dakota
Total square miles: 178.3
Funded Service Area Households: 214
Award amount: $2,815,462

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 532 people, seven businesses and 86 farms to high-speed internet in Traill County. Halstad Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Consolidated Enterprises Inc.
Location: North Dakota
Total square miles: 650.3
Funded Service Area Households: 365
Award amount: $13,814,768

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 851 people, 38 businesses, 164 farms, and one school to high-speed internet in Billings and Stark counties in North Dakota. Consolidated Enterprises Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: BEK Communications Cooperative
Location: North Dakota
Total square miles: 543.8
Funded Service Area Households: 623
Award amount: $13,942,351

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,496 people, 61 businesses, 257 farms, and four schools to high-speed internet in Barnes, Cass, and Ransom counties in North Dakota. BEK Communications Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by continuing to participate in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Valliant Telephone Company Inc.
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 1
Funded Service Area Households: 86
Award amount: $883,904

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 200 people, 16 businesses, and one educational facility to high-speed internet in Choctaw and McCurtain counties in Oklahoma. Valliant Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by implementing the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs, and offering four internet packages. This project will serve Choctaw Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in McCurtain County.

Applicant: Totelcom Communications LLC
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 55.9
Funded Service Area Households: 109
Award amount: $3,872,775

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 299 people, nine businesses, 85 farms, and one educational facility to high-speed internet in Comanche County, Texas. Totelcom Communications Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program by providing low-income consumers who qualify up to $30 monthly service credit.

Applicant: Tri County Telephone Association Inc.
Location: Wyoming
Total square miles: 112.6
Funded Service Area Households: 95
Award amount: $9,592,794

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 204 people, 15 businesses, and 19 farms to high-speed internet in Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park, Sheridan, Washakie counties in Wyoming. Tri County Telephone Association Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by implementing the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Delta-Montrose Electric Association
Location: Colorado
Total square miles: 943.6
Funded Service Area Households: 1,479
Award amount: $13,885,361

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-home network. This network will connect 3,577 people, 148 businesses, one school, and 765 farms to high-speed internet in the Colorado counties of Delta, Montrose and Gunnison. Delta-Montrose Electrical Assn. will make high-speed internet affordable by participation in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs to provide low-cost internet to its service area. This project will also serve the socially vulnerable community of Delta County.

Applicant: Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation
Location: North Carolina
Total square miles: 265.1
Funded Service Area Households: 4,801
Award amount: $24,664,687

This Rural Development investment will be used to help Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation deploy a fiber-to-the-home network. This network will connect 13,972 people, 198 businesses, 166 farms and 18 public schools to high-speed internet in Robeson and Scotland Counties in North Carolina. Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation will make high-speed internet affordable by implementing the FOCUS Broadband's Faster Internet for Robeson and Scotland Today (FIRST) program and offering four internet packages. This project will serve the Lumbee SDSTA Tribe and the Socially Vulnerable Communities of Scotland and Robeson Counties.

Applicant: AP&T Wireless, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 10.2
Funded Service Area Households: 447
Award amount: $29,344,717

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,236 people, 45 businesses and a public school to high-speed internet in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in Alaska. AP&T Wireless Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by its planned participation in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline Program and the Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Klawock and Craig Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and the socially vulnerable community of Prince of Wales-Hyder.

Applicant: Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total square miles: 5.1
Funded Service Area Households: 489
Award amount: $21,404,940

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,190 people and 51 businesses to high-speed internet in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area. Cordova Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communication Commission's Lifeline Program and the Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Eyak Alaska Native Village Statistical Area.

Applicant: Arkansas Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Arkansas
Total square miles: 167.8
Funded Service Area Households: 421
Award amount: $11,915,475

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 986 people, 10 businesses and 145 farms to high-speed internet in Searcy and Van Buren counties. The company will make high-speed internet affordable by offering low-cost starter packages with voice and voice/data. Discounts will be offered to those who participate in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Montana
Total square miles: 70.5
Funded Service Area Households: 50
Award amount: $4,014,840

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network that will connect 89 people, five businesses and 47 farms to high-speed internet in Ravalli County. Blackfoot will make high-speed internet affordable by offering low-cost options at speeds sufficient for multiple users to simultaneously telework and engage in remote learning. Blackfoot will participate in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs, providing discounts on broadband services.

Applicant: Reservation Telephone Cooperative
Location: North Dakota, Montana
Total square miles: 513.4
Funded Service Area Households: 521
Award amount: $18,501,541

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,151 people, 67 businesses, four public schools and 91 farms in Richland and Wibaux counties in Montana, and in Dunn, McKenzie and McLean counties in North Dakota. Reservation Telephone Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Affordable Connectivity Program. This will give eligible residents a discount of up to $30 per month. This project will serve the Fort Berthold Reservation Tribal Entity.

Applicant: Scott County Telephone Company LLC
Location:  Arkansas
Total square miles: 28
Funded Service Area Households: 39
Award amount: $1,680,750

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 89 people, 17 farms and a business to high-speed internet in Scott County, Arkansas. Scott County Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity programs.

Applicant: Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Association Inc.
Location:  Colorado
Total square miles: 3,964.7
Funded Service Area Households: 986
Award amount: $18,738,398

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 2,284 people, 898 farms, 110 businesses and 17 educational facilities to high- speed internet in Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, and Washington counties in Colorado. Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Association Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Columbine Telephone Company Inc.
Location:  Idaho
Total square miles: 4.3
Funded Service Area Households: 127
Award amount: $2,103,857

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 469 people, 32 businesses, and four farms to high-speed internet in Madison County, Idaho. Columbine Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Shelby Electric Cooperative Inc.
Location:  Illinois
Total square miles: 341.5
Funded Service Area Households: 1,666
Award amount: $23,690,245

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 4,057 people, 511 farms, 61 businesses and two educational facilities to high- speed internet in Christian, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Moultrie, and Shelby counties in Illinois. Shelby Electric Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Mountain Rural Telephone Coop Corp Inc.
Location:  Kentucky
Total square miles: 46.1
Funded Service Area Households: 356
Award amount: $9,378,184

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 871 people, 50 farms, 45 businesses and two educational facilities to high-speed internet in Powell County, Kentucky. Mountain Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's
Lifeline Program.

Applicant: Michigan Central Broadband Company LLC
Location:  Michigan
Total square miles: 145.3
Funded Service Area Households: 184
Award amount: $14,948,004

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-home network to connect 360 people, 52 farms and seven businessesto high-speed internet in Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego and Presque Isle counties in Michigan. Michigan Central Broadband Company LLC will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Upper Peninsula Telephone Company
Location:  Michigan
Total square miles: 417.7
Funded Service Area Households: 754
Award amount: $34,532,301

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,625 people, 69 farms, 40 businesses and two educational facilities to high- speed internet in Dickinson, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee and Ontonagon counties in Michigan. Upper Peninsula Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and the Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative
Location:  Minnesota
Total square miles: 30.4
Funded Service Area Households: 208
Award amount: $3,788,680

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-home network to connect 473 people, 15 farms and nine businesses to high-speed internet in Aitkin and Crow Wing counties in Minnesota. Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: IAMO Communications Inc.
Location:  Missouri
Total square miles: 53.2
Funded Service Area Households: 118
Award amount: $3,621,782

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 291 people, 57 farms and six businesses to high-speed internet in Atchison and Nodaway counties in Missouri. IAMO Communications Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and E-Rate programs.

Applicant: Kingdom Telephone
Location: Missouri 
Total square miles: 464.7
Funded Service Area Households: 1,955
Award amount: $23,007,295

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 4,941 people, 611 farms and 84 businesses to high-speed internet in Audrain, Boone, Callaway, and Montgomery counties in Missouri. Kingdom Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Rock Port Telephone Company
Location:  Missouri
Total square miles: 385
Funded Service Area Households: 476
Award amount: $15,783,423

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-home network to connect 1,121 people, 297 farms and 30 businesses to high-speed internet in Holt and Atchison counties in Missouri. Rockport Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Inc.
Location:  New Mexico
Total square miles: 108.2
Funded Service Area Households: 1,054
Award amount: $23,624,986

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 2,693 people, 42 businesses, 34 farms and eight educational facilities to high- speed internet in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and the Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Western New Mexico Telephone Company Inc.
Location:  New Mexico
Total square miles: 19.8
Funded Service Area Households: 281
Award amount: $34,897,442

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 678 people, 10 businesses and a farm to high-speed internet in Catron, Grant, and Hidalgo counties in New Mexico. Western New Mexico Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Inc.
Location:  Oklahoma
Total square miles: 1,722
Funded Service Area Households: 1,662
Award amount: $24,760,303

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 3,975 people, 981 farms, 216 businesses and 11 public schools to high-speed internet in Alfalfa, Harper, Major, Woods, and Woodward counties in Oklahoma. Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Lifeline Program.

Applicant: The Pine Telephone Company Inc.
Location:  Oklahoma
Total square miles: 448.1
Funded Service Area Households: 790
Award amount: $13,552,987

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 2,031 people, 359 farms and 34 businesses to high-speed internet in Le Flore, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties in Oklahoma. The Pine Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve the Choctaw Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Le Flore County.

Applicant: Pioneer Telephone Cooperative
Location:  Oregon
Total square miles: 603.4
Funded Service Area Households: 1,456
Award amount: $24,952,007

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 3,570 people, 558 farms and 72 businesses to high-speed internet in Benton, Lane, Lincoln, and Polk counties in Oregon. Pioneer Telephone Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Kalama Telephone Company
Location:  Washington
Total square miles: 60.8
Funded Service Area Households: 1,637
Award amount: $8,637,540

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 4,330 people, 61 businesses and 21 farms to high-speed internet in rural Cowlitz County. Kalama Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Silver Star Telephone Company Inc.
Location:  Wyoming
Total square miles: 18.5
Funded Service Area Households: 203
Award amount: $6,303,581

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 475 people, 15 businesses, two farms and two public schools to high-speed internet in Lincoln and Teton counties in Wyoming. Silver Star Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: McDonough Telephone Cooperative
Location: Illinois
Total square miles: 204
Funded Service Area Households: 669
Award Amount: $18,066,450

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premises network. The network will connect 1,583 people, 274 farms and 41 businesses to high-speed internet in Hancock, Henderson, McDonough and Warren counties. The company will make internet access affordable through the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.

Applicant: Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative
Location: Minnesota
Total square miles: 155
Funded Service Area Households: 1,513
Award Amount: $10,191,416

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a Fiber-to-the-Premises network. The network will connect 3,529 people, 71 businesses, 35 farms and two public schools to high-speed internet in Hubbard, Itasca and St. Louis counties.

Applicant: Pine Belt Telephone Company Inc.
Location: Alabama
Total square miles: 1,127
Funded Service Area Households: 6,662
Award amount: $49,731,574

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 15,989 people, 608 businesses, 52 educational facilities and 407 farms to high-speed internet in Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Marengo, Perry and Wilcox counties. Pine Belt Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Choctaw, Dallas and Clarke counties.

Applicant: Fort Mojave Telecommunications, Inc.
Location: California
Total square miles: 5.7
Funded Service Area Households: 1,381
Award amount: $7,009,160

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 3,498 people, 137 businesses, and seven schools to high-speed internet in San Bernardino County in California. Fort Mojave Telecommunications Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in San Bernardino County.

Applicant: Winnebago Cooperative Telephone Association
Location: Minnesota
Total square miles: 300
Funded Service Area Households: 1,433
Award amount: $25,113,544

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the home network. This network will connect 3,597 people, 80 businesses, and 458 farms to high-speed internet in Freeborn County in Minnesota. Winnebago Cooperative Telephone Association will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Upsala Co-operative Telephone Assoc.
Location: Minnesota
Total square miles: 55.6
Funded Service Area Households: 606
Award amount: $6,551,758

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,595 people, 32 businesses, 101 farms, and one educational facility to high-speed internet in Morrison, Stearns, and Todd counties in Minnesota. Upsala Cooperative Telephone Association will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program by providing low-income consumers who qualify up to $30 monthly service credit.

Applicant: Southern Plains Cable LLC
Location: Oklahoma
Total square miles: 6.5
Funded Service Area Households: 2,865
Award amount: $16,269,096

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 7,093 people, 230 businesses, six farms and 29 schools to high-speed internet in Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and Grady counties. Southern Plains Cable will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve the Chickasaw and Kiowa-Comanche-Apache-Fort Sill Apache Tribal Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities in Cotton County.

Applicant: Oregon Telephone Corporation
Location: Oregon
Total square miles: 604.2
Funded Service Area Households: 468
Award amount: $20,528,098

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,163 people, 41 businesses, 70 farms, and four educational facilities to high-speed internet in Baker, Grant, and Malheur counties in Oregon. Oregon Telephone Corporation will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program and the Oregon Telephone Assistance Program, including Oregon Lifeline.

Applicant: Blossom Telephone Company
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 48
Funded Service Area Households: 393
Award amount: $4,567,140

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 982 people, 14 businesses and 93 farms to high-speed internet in Lamar and Red River counties. Blossom Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Lifeline Program.

Applicant: Taylor Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 530.4
Funded Service Area Households: 489
Award amount: $32,675,760

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,060 people, 20 businesses and 450 farms to high-speed internet in Coleman, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor counties. Taylor Telephone Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Central Texas Telephone Cooperative
Location: Texas
Total square miles: 203.5
Funded Service Area Households: 275
Award amount: $19,613,860

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 647 people, 19 businesses and 151 farms to highspeed internet in Lampasas and San Saba counties. Central Texas will make highspeed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline Program ($9.25 discount) and the Affordable Connectivity Program ($30 discount). This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in San Saba County.

Applicant: The Ponderosa Telephone Company
Location: California
Total square miles: 31.4
Funded Service Area Households: 38
Award amount: $12,932,408

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 115 people, a business and 26 farms to highspeed internet in Fresno County. The company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs, giving the residents a $30 discount, making the lowest package available for $0.70. This project will serve Cold Springs Rancheria.

Applicant: Tularosa Basin Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 195.4
Funded Service Area Households: 223
Award amount: $11,650,204

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 466 people, 28 businesses and 16 farms to highspeed internet in Lincoln and Otero counties. Tularosa will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communication Commission's Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. The discounts provided by these programs will enable qualifying households to receive service as low as $4.20 per month. This project will serve the socially vulnerable community of Otero County.

Applicant: Kalona Cooperative Telephone Company
Location:  Iowa
Total square miles: 29.7
Funded Service Area Households: 171
Award amount: $1,762,144

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 463 people, 59 farms and 11 businesses to high-speed internet in Washington County, Iowa. The Kalona Cooperative Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Lifeline and E-Rate programs.

Applicant: Hamilton County Telephone Co-Op
Location:  Illinois
Total square miles: 182.4
Funded Service Area Households: 1,260
Award amount: $24,826,724

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 3,202 people, 248 farms and 52 business to high-speed internet in Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Saline, Wayne and White counties in Illinois. Hamilton County Telephone Co-Op will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Blue Valley Tele- Communications Inc.
Location:  Kansas
Total square miles: 3.2
Funded Service Area Households: 1,306
Award amount: $3,066,752

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 3,000 people, 255 businesses, 14 educational facilities and four farms to high- speed internet in Marshall and Washington counties in Kansas. Blue Valley Tele- Communications Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company Inc.
Location:  Kentucky
Total square miles: 222.6
Funded Service Area Households: 1,841
Award amount: $24,377,982

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 4,466 people, 39 businesses, 27 farms and four educational facilities to high- speed internet in Breathitt and Leslie counties in Kentucky. Thacker-Grisby Telephone Company Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: DMCI Broadband LLC
Location:  Michigan
Total square miles: 50.4
Funded Service Area Households: 1,128
Award amount: $6,245,490

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 2,899 people, 94 farms, 56 businesses and four educational facilities to high- speed internet in Branch and Hillsdale counties in Michigan. DMCI Broadband LLC will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

Applicant: Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation
Location:  Missouri
Total square miles: 357.3
Funded Service Area Households: 1,137
Award amount: $15,664,704

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the home network to connect 3,107 people, 521 farms, 59 businesses and nine educational facilities to high- speed internet in Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston, Mercer and Nodaway counties in Missouri. Grand Mutual Telephone Company will make high-speed internet by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs.

Applicant: Wyandotte Telephone Company
Location:  Oklahoma
Total square miles: 26.9
Funded Service Area Households: 570
Award amount: $7,644,098

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,407 people, 54 farms, 52 businesses and four educational facilities to high- speed internet in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. Wyandotte Telephone Company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve the Wyandotte Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area in Ottawa County in Oklahoma.

Applicant: Clear Creek Communications
Location: Oregon
Total square miles: 11.46
Funded Service Area Households: 894
Award amount: $6,979,857.00

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 894 people, 35 businesses, and 26 farms to high-speed internet in Clackamas county in Oregon.

Applicant: Egyptian Telephone Cooperative Association
Location: Illinois
Total square miles: 60.3
Funded Service Area Households: 458
Award amount: $25,282,255

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 1,140 people, 22 businesses, and 84 farms to high-speed internet in Jackson and Randolph counties in Illinois.

Applicant: Net Vision Communications, LLC
Location: Missouri
Total square miles: 6.1
Funded Service Area Households: 1,906
Award amount: $12,357,100

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 4,587 people, 300 businesses, nine farms and 15 public schools to high-speed internet in Barton County. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Barton County.

Applicant: Griggs County Telephone Co.
Location: North Dakota
Total square miles: 333.4
Funded Service Area Households: 551
Award amount: $16,880,472

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect 2,943 people, 99 businesses, 11 educational facilities, and 173 farms to high-speed internet in Ranson, Cass, and Richland counties in North Dakota.

Applicant: Midvale Telephone Company
Location: Arizona, Idaho
Total square miles: 724.2
Funded Service Area Households: 228
Award amount: $10,583,267

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-home network. This network will connect 455 people, 39 businesses and 69 farms to highspeed internet in Elmore, Blaine, Custer and Boise counties in Idaho, and Gila, Graham, Pinal, Cochise and Pima counties in Arizona. This project will serve the socially vulnerable communities of Pinal county in Arizona and Elmore in Idaho.

Applicant: The Volcano Telephone Company
Location: California
Total square miles: 18.6
Funded Service Area Households: 2311
Award amount: $28,251,330

This Rural Development investment will be used to help the Volcano Telephone Company deploy a fiber-to-the premises network. This network will connect 2,311 households, 119 businesses, seven educational facilities and 15 farms in Alpine, Amador, Calavares and El Dorado counties in California.

Applicant: Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative
Location: New Mexico
Total square miles: 146
Funded Service Area Households: 1172
Award amount: $28,927,570

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise network. This network will connect 2,976 people, 50 businesses, 13 farms and eight public schools to high-speed internet in Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln and Otero counties. This loan will serve socially vulnerable communities in Otero and Eddy counties.

Applicant: Public Service Telephone Company
Location:  Georgia
Total square miles: 467.6
Funded Service Area Households: 5,231
Award amount: $36,492,568

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 21,289 people, 569 businesses, 323 farms and 29 educational facilities to high- speed internet in Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Talbot and Taylor counties in Georgia.

Applicant: Complete Communication Services Corp.
Location:  Iowa
Total square miles: 1.7
Funded Service Area Households: 471
Award amount: $3,797,296

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 2,827 people, 77 businesses, five farms and three educational facilities to high- speed internet in Hamilton County, Iowa.

Applicant: Baraga Telephone Company
Location:  Michigan
Total square miles: 18.6
Funded Service Area Households: 139
Award amount: $3,302,981

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 362 people, four farms and two businesses to high-speed internet in Houghton County, Michigan.

Applicant: Siuslaw Broadband LLC
Location:  Oregon
Total square miles: 35.3
Funded Service Area Households: 638
Award amount: $10,636,789

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,407 people, 28 businesses, 21 farms and two educational facilities to high- speed internet in Lane County, Oregon.

Applicant: Legacy ISP LLC
Location:  Texas
Total square miles: 2.8
Funded Service Area Households: 1,326
Award amount: $4,815,750

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 24,306 people, 1,064 businesses, 73 educational facilities and 40 farms to high- speed internet in Ellis and Hill counties in Texas.