Green Hills Telephone Company will extend fiber-to-the-home broadband service with the assistance of $6,900 to connect up to five households near Gallatin in Daviess County. The project will allow users access to 1 Gbps symmetrical service.
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Funding for this project comes through the Missouri Emergency Broadband Investment Program.
Gov. Mike Parson announced 11 broadband projects will receive $846,407 through during the second round the state’s broadband program. When Round 2 is completed, 465 Missouri households will be connected to broadband; nine of the 11 projects will provide households the ability to access gigabyte service.
This program was designed to reimburse providers that have expanded, or plan to connect, high-speed internet to residents in unserved or underserved areas in the state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Providers like Green Hills Telephone will use funds to assist with construction costs for new broadband expansion to households with citizens on telework, students or vulnerable populations.
Other Round 2 recipients included Boycom Cablevision, Liberty Link LLC, Mark Twain Communications, and Socket Telecom LLC. Projects are targeted in the counties of Butler, Johnson, Scotland, Boone, Howard, Randolph, and Cole in addition to Daviess County. Grants ranged from $6,900 in Daviess County to $152,292 at Holden in Johnson County.
In July, six programs were created to rapidly expand broadband across the state through libraries, telehealth, education, and more. During Round 1, the Emergency Broadband Investment Program awarded just over $3 million to 16 projects in the state.
For more information regarding the Missouri Broadband Grant Program visit https://ded.mo.gov/content/emergency-broadband-investment-program or contact Tim Arbeiter, Director of Broadband Development, at [email protected] or 573-694-8785.