The Federal Communications Commission has authorized nearly $200 million from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund for broadband deployments in 26 states and the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory.
The agency said that the funding, which will be extended over the next 10 years, will bring broadband service to more than 230,000 locations. Funds were authorized for companies including Cable One, Conexon Connect, Cebridge Telecom, Mercury Wireless’ entities in multiple states, Hunter Communications and Technologies, Pear Networks, Qwest, Tombigbee Communications and Wisper ISP, among others.
