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Consolidated Telephone Company and Meeker Cooperative Light and Power launch MC Fiber

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West Central Tribune reports … A new utility services company specializing in underground fiber construction, MC Fiber launched in late September, according to a news release from Meeker Cooperative Light and Power and Vibrant Broadband in Litchfield.

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Consumer Groups Support EchoStar’s 5G Construction Extension

Broadband Breakfast

is a small, family-owned telecommunications company that provide residential, small business and enterprise consumers with fiber-optic Internet, telephone and television services across 14 rural Vermont villages. VTel, based in Springfield, Vt.,

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Women’s History Month: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

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Jeannette and her husband Mike purchased Albion Telephone Company (now ATC Communications; Albion, Idaho) in 1929. Jumping forward a few years, we have Mildred Foster , the matriarch of Twin Valley Telephone (Miltonvale, Kan.). De Lamb and her husband Bill purchased Dubois Telephone Exchange in 1958, when it only had 140 subscribers.

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Paul Bunyan Communications Aitkin County Broadband Expansion Update

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Construction is almost done in the areas of Kimberly, Spencer, Jevne, Flemming, and Morrison Townships east of the city of Aitkin and west of the city of McGregor. Anyone in these expansion areas interested in getting connected to the all-fiber optic broadband network should sign up for service now before construction is done.

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OPPORTUNITY: Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Community Connect Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2025

Blandin on Broadband

These grant funds will be made available to eligible applicants to construct broadband networks that provide service on a community-oriented connectivity basis in rural areas. Based on FY 2024 appropriated funding, the Agency estimates that approximately $26 million will be available, for FY 2025.

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Paul Bunyan Communications St. Louis County Broadband Expansion Update

Blandin on Broadband

Construction is done in the Forbes Area SW of Eveleth and the city of Buhl. To check to see if a specific location is within an expansion area and learn more about the expansion construction process, visit [link] Anyone interested in getting connected to the all-fiber optic broadband network in these areas can still sign up for service.

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Broadband Breakfast on August 7, 2024 - Live from Mountain Connect 2024

Broadband Breakfast

Panelists Chris Bailey , Director of Sales, Wesco Allen Meyer , VP of Strategy, Corridor Network Construction Inc. Chris has been involved in numerous deployments with telephone companies, cooperatives, municipalities, and other entities, launching fiber broadband networks. Chris currently is the Director of Broadband Sales for Wesco.

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