New York Utility Lands $7.4M FCC Grant to Expand Broadband
Otsego Electric Cooperative announced that it had gotten a funding commitment from the Federal Communications Commission's Rural Development Opportunity Fund to help expand its infrastructure into unserved and underserved areas.
by Greg Klein, The Daily Star
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February 23, 2021
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(TNS) — A local utility company announced last week that it will be making another expansion to its rural broadband Internet services, thanks to a $7.4 million federal grant.
Otsego Electric Cooperative announced Friday, Feb. 19, that its OEConnect service had gotten a funding commitment from the Federal Communications Commission's Rural Development Opportunity Fund. The grant will provide $7.4 million to expand existing infrastructure farther into unserved and underserved locations in Otsego, Herkimer and Madison counties.