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April, 20th 2020
Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary
Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554
RE: WC Docket No. 19-126, Rural Digital Opportunity Fund; Edge
Broadband
Dear Ms. Dortch:
In accordance with the Public Notice, DA 20-275, released March
17, 2020, Wireline
Competition Bureau, Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, in the above
captioned proceeding,
please accept these comments submitted on behalf of Whitewater
Wideband LLC DBA Edge
Broadband.
Edge Broadband has recently awarded Broadband Expansion Grants
from the
Wisconsin Public Service Commission. A list of such census
blocks is attached as Exhibit A,
and materials supporting the award of these subsidies are
attached as Exhibit B.
Additionally, Edge Broadband has deployed Voice and Broadband at
100/20 Mbps
speed or greater, meeting the Commission’s current reasonable
comparability benchmark
with latency not exceeding 100ms, in multiple Census Blocks that
are in the commission’s
preliminary list, as attached in spreadsheet to this letter
(Exhibit C). These blocks were
updates on Edge Broadbands Form 477 submission reporting data as
of December 31, 2019
under FRN 0023270762
Because Edge Broadband serves the specified areas with qualified
Voice and
Broadband service, we respectfully request that the commission
removes such census
blocks from the current list of “eligible” blocks and decline to
direct any RDOF subsidies to
any service providers proposing to operate in these areas.
Respectfully Submitted,
Edge Broadband
Brian Madl
[email protected]
262-458-4220
mailto:[email protected]
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Exhibit A
551270003012 551270003026 551270003025
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EXHIBIT B
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Grant Applications Approved on March 19, 2020
The grant applications approved today are:
1. 24-7 Telcom, Inc. County Road J & Solar Farm project -
$273,300. This project will build a Fiber-To-The-Premises service
past 1 business and 84 residences along County Road J south of
490th Avenue and west of 730th Street, in the Town of Red Cedar in
Dunn County.
2. 24-7 Telcom, Inc. Town of Sherman fiber project a/k/a
Pheasant Crossing fiber project - $680,000. This project will build
a Fiber-To-The-Premises service past 199 business and 223
residences in the Towns of Menomonie and Sherman, west of the Red
Cedar River, in Dunn County.
3. 24-7 Telcom, Inc. Town of Wheaton project - $79,500. This
project will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 30
residential locations in the Town of Wheaton, in Chippewa
County.
4. AirFiber, Inc. Douglas County fixed wireless project -
$140,000. This project will build 1 wireless tower west of Amnicon
Falls and Highway 53, in Douglas County. The fixed wireless service
will reach 45 businesses and 2,456 residential locations within the
footprint of the antennas.
5. Amery Telcom, Inc. Town of Cylon project - $82,250. This
project will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 5 business
and 89 residential locations in the Town of Cylon, near Deer Park,
in St. Croix County.
6. Amery Telcom, Inc. Town of Lincoln project - $81,000. This
project will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 5 business
and 97 residential locations along 110th Street and 115th Street,
in the Town of Lincoln, just west of Amery, in Polk County.
7. Amherst Telephone Company. Towns of Buena Vista & Dayton
project - $478,985. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises
service past 5 business and 306 residential locations in two areas
- along Highway 54 in the Town of Buena Vista in Portage County,
and along Stratton Lake Road in the Town of Dayton in Waupaca
County.
8. Hager Telecom dba BEVCOMM. Diamond Bluff Phase III project -
$444,211. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 10 business and 201 residential locations in the Town of
Diamond Bluff in Pierce County. This is the third and final phase
of a FTTP build out in the Diamond Bluff township.
9. Bloomer Telephone Company. Town of Colfax project - $608,538.
This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 2
business and 255 residential locations in the Town of Colfax in
Dunn County.
10. Bruce Telephone Company. Chippewa Avenue project - $36,307.
This project will build a Fiber-to-the-Premises service past 1
business and 36 residences along Chippewa Avenue, near Marsh Lake,
in the Town of Washington on the south side of Rusk County, and
about 4 miles south of Bruce, WI.
11. Bug Tussel Wireless. Kewaunee County fixed wireless project
- $960,000. This project will build 7 wireless towers in Kewaunee
County. The project will install 4 Cambrium 5 GHz antennas and 4
CBRS antennas (3.55 - 3.8 GHz) on each tower. The fixed wireless
service will reach 199 business and 12,115 residential locations
within the footprint of the antennas.
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12. Bug Tussel Wireless. Menominee County fixed wireless project
- $756,000. This project will build 5 wireless towers in Menominee
County. The project will install 4 Cambrium 5 GHz antennas and 4
CBRS antennas (3.55 - 3.8 GHz) on each tower. The fixed wireless
service will reach 50 business and 859 residential locations within
the footprint of the antennas.
13. Hilbert Communications, LLC. Green County fiber route -
$1,000,371. This project will build a 51.5-mile fiber route from
Blanchardville to New Glarus to Monroe to Brodhead. This route is
part of a larger plan for a fiber ring in Green County that would
support service to 3,379 business and 36,929 residential locations
if both phases are built.
14. Hilbert Communications, LLC. Iowa County fiber route -
$732,310. This project will build a 38-mile fiber route from Spring
Green in Sauk County, south to Dodgeville, and southeast to
Blanchardville. This route is part of a larger plan for a fiber
ring in Iowa County that would support service to 2,343 business
and 23,576 residential locations if all phases are built.
15. CenturyTel of Wisconsin, LLC d/b/a CenturyLink. Boma Coulee
project - $35,676. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises
service past 8 business and 59 residential locations in the Boma
Coulee area, adjacent to Highway 33 in the Town of Shelby, in La
Crosse County.
16. CenturyTel of Northern Wisconsin, LLC d/b/a CenturyLink.
Town of Boulder Junction fiber project - $1,624,094. This project
will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 85 business and 660
residential locations in the Boulder Junction telephone exchange in
Vilas County.
17. CenturyTel of Midwest Wisconsin, LLC-Northwest d/b/a
CenturyLink. Tomah Veterans Hospital project - $11,010. This
project will place a new DSLAM to upgrade the DSL service available
at locations in and near the Veterans Hospital campus in Tomah. The
project will upgrade the service for 14 business and 106
residential locations.
18. Charter Communications. Town of Anson project - $49,000.
This project will build a cable internet service along 109th Avenue
(Old Abe Village subdivision) in the Town of Anson in Chippewa
County. The project will build past 60 residential locations.
19. Charter Communications. Town of Belgium project - $8,658.
This project will build a cable internet service along County Road
D, east of Belgium in the Town of Belgium in Ozaukee County. The
project will build past 13 residential locations.
20. Charter Communications. Village of Fairwater project -
$76,744. This project will build a cable internet service in the
Village of Fairwater, south of Ripon in Fond du Lac County. The
project will build past 181 residential locations.
21. Charter Communications. Town of Jackson project - $54,716.
This project will build a cable internet service in a subdivision
along Strawberry Glen Road, just north of Highway 60 in the Town of
Jackson near the east boundary of Washington County. The project
will build past 42 residential locations.
22. Charter Communications. Towns of Lincoln and Washington
project - $133,645. This project will build a cable internet
service in two areas in Vilas County. The first area is in the Town
of Lincoln northeast of Eagle River. The second area is near
Deerskin Lake in the Town of Washington. The project will build
past 15 business and 695 residential locations.
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23. Charter Communications. Village of Marquette project -
$341,461. This project will build a cable internet service in the
Village of Marquette, in Green Lake County. The project will build
past 145 residential locations.
24. Charter Communications. Village of Randolph project -
$104,034. This project will build a cable internet service in the
Village of Randolph, in Columbia and Dodge Counties. The project
will build past 81 business and 694 residential locations.
25. Charter Communications. Town of Sturgeon Bay project -
$188,044. This project will build a cable internet service along
South Lake Michigan Drive, in the Town of Sturgeon Bay in Door
County. The project will build past 114 residential locations.
26. Charter Communications. Town of Woodruff project - $16,500.
This project will build a cable internet service in a subdivision
west of Highway 47 at Walter Drive, in the Town of Woodruff in
Oneida County. The project will build past 76 residential
locations.
27. Chibardun Telephone Cooperative. Highway T project -
$71,163. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 7 business and 23 residential locations adjacent to Highway T
in the Towns of Barron and Clinton, west of the City of Barron, in
Barron County. This project builds on the FY 2017 Chibardun Town of
Clinton project.
28. Chibardun Telephone Cooperative. Tuscobia project -
$123,423. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 8 business and 52 residential locations along County Road SS
north of Rice Lake, in the Towns of Rice Lake and Oak Grove in
Barron County. This project builds on the FY 2019 Chibardun Lake
Desair project.
29. Clear Lake Telephone Company. Village of Clear Lake -
$350,000. This project will build a Fiber-to-the Premises (FTTP)
service past 59 business and 448 residential locations in the
Village of Clear Lake in southeast Polk County.
30. Door County Broadband, LLC. Town of Nasewaupee fixed
wireless project - $65,282. This project will build one new
broadband tower located in the Town of Nasewaupee in Door County.
The project will equip the new tower and an existing structure
(silo) with fixed wireless antennas. The fixed wireless service
will reach 50 businesses and 1,008 residential locations within the
footprint of the antennas.
31. e-vergent.com, LLC. Village of Yorkville fiber project -
$248,458. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 126 residential locations in the Villages of Raymond and
Yorkville in Racine County.
32. Edge Broadband. Lake Lorraine area fiber project - $283,467.
This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 61
business and 606 residential locations in the Towns of Richmond and
Sugar Creek in Walworth County.
33. Forest County. Forest County fiber and fixed wireless
project - $939,200. This project will build and equip 17 wireless
transmission tower sites in Forest County. The project will also
build an 11-mile Fiber to the Premises service along roads adjacent
to Metonga Lake south of Crandon. The combined project will build
past 100 business and 1,695 residential locations.
34. City of Janesville. City of Janesville Phase I fiber project
- $114,230. This project will extend a WIN fiber route to three
commercial locations within Janesville.
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35. Lakeland Communications. Town of Eureka Phase III project -
$153,100. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 4 business and 79 residential locations in the Town of Eureka
in Polk County.
36. Lakeland Communications. Town of Eureka Phase IV - $187,825.
This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 94
residential locations in the Town of Eureka, in Polk County.
37. Lakeland Communications. Town of St Croix Falls (Deer Lake)
project - $41,850. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises
service past 21 residential locations near Deer Lake, in the Town
of St Croix Falls in Polk County.
38. LaValle Telephone Cooperative. Rockbridge Phase II project -
$399,000. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 10 business and 165 residential locations along 3 county roads
near Highway 80, in the Town of Rockbridge in Richland County. The
project builds on the FY 2019 LaValle Telephone Coop Rockbridge
Phase I project.
39. LaValle Telephone Cooperative. Highway 58 fiber project -
$290,000. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 10 business and 116 residential locations in the Towns of
Ithaca and Willow in Richland County, along Highway 58 east of
Richland Center between Highway 14 and Highway K.
40. Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Town of
Marcellon project - $193,689. This project will build a Fiber to
the Premises service past 2 business and 133 residential locations
along Highway 33 between Highway 22 and County Road EF in Columbia
County.
41. Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Town of Newport
fiber project - $172,801. This project will build a Fiber to the
Premises service past 1 business and 120 residential locations near
the intersection of Highway 16 and County Road O southeast of
Wisconsin Dells, in the Town of Newport in Columbia County.
42. Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Newton fiber
project - $116,808. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises
service past 2 business and 60 residential locations near the
intersection of County Roads E and B in the Town of Newton in
Marquette County.
43. Mediacom LLC. Crawford County cable project - $256,685. This
project will build a hybrid fiber-coax cable internet service in
three communities in Crawford County: Eastman, Mount Sterling, and
Seneca. The cable service will build past 27 business and 235
residential locations.
44. Nelson Communications Cooperative dba Ntec. Gehrke Road
fiber project - $12,500. This project will build a Fiber to the
Premises service past 3 farms and 1 residential location along
Gehrke Road, off of Highway 37 northeast of Alma.
45. Northern Telephone & Data Corp. EAA Grounds project -
$199,782. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 200 business and 44 residential locations near Wittman Airport
in Oshkosh, just east of the intersection of Highways 41 and
44.
46. Chequamegon Communications Cooperative, Inc. d/b/a Norvado.
Highway 13 project - $392,000. This project will build a 40-mile
fiber route from Highbridge, in Ashland County, to Park Falls, in
Price County. This route will connect CCCI services areas, and will
permit Norvado to lease dark fiber to WIN and Astrea.
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47. Norvado, Inc. Town of Cloverland project - $443,000. This
project will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 6
businesses and 55 residences in the Town of Cloverland between the
Bruhle River and the west boundary of the town.
48. Brown County C-LEC, LLC d/b/a Nsight Telservices. Village of
Egg Harbor Wi-Fi project - $48,960. This project will connect
existing fiber service to Mesh Wi-Fi equipment on poles in the
downtown area of Egg Harbor. This will enable the Village of Egg
Harbor to provide a free Wi-Fi service to the public, including
residents, seasonal residents, tourists and boaters.
49. Brown County C-LEC, LLC d/b/a Nsight Telservices. Lincoln
& Langlade Counties fixed wireless project - $358,205. This
project will install fixed wireless equipment on five towers
located in the communities of Tomahawk, Irma, Merrill, Gleason, and
Parrish. There are 1,258 business and 13,056 residents within the
footprint of the antennas.
50. Ntera, LLC. Towns of Arthur and Estella fiber project -
$397,641. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 7 business and 178 residential locations along Highway 27 and
County Road S in the Towns of Arthur and Estella in Chippewa
County.
51. Ntera, LLC. Cranberry Lake fiber project - $63,117. This
project will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 7 business
and 178 residential locations in three project areas near Holcombe,
in the Town of Birch Creek in Chippewa County. These areas build
off the FY 2019 Ntera Town of Birch Creek project.
52. Ntera, LLC. Village of Sheldon fiber project - $238,660.
This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service in two
project areas north of Holcombe: along County Road D to the Village
of Sheldon, and along Highway 27 and Oak Ridge Road. The project
will pass 13 business and 156 residential locations.
53. Oconto County Economic Development Corporation. Bertram
Communications Phase II fixed wireless project - $182,058. This
project will build and equip two wireless towers located in the
Towns of Spruce and Mountain in Oconto County. The fixed wireless
service will reach 18 business and 301 residential locations within
the footprint of the antennas.
54. Village of Orfordville. Orfordville fiber project -
$303,224. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
throughout the Village of Orfordville, passing 30 business and 550
residential locations.
55. Price County Telephone Company. Prentice telephone exchange
fiber project - $950,000. This project will build a Fiber to the
Premises service past 27 business and 566 residential locations in
the Prentice telephone exchange.
56. Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. Red Cliff
fiber route - $107,698. This project will build a 2.5-mile fiber
route between the City of Bayfield and Red Cliff, providing
improved Fiber-To-The-Premises (FTTP) service to 36 business and
704 residential locations in the Red Cliff Tribal Lands.
57. Reedsburg Utility Commission. Town of Excelsior fiber
project - $173,000. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises
service past 2 business and 70 residential locations near Terrytown
Road, northeast of Rock Springs in the Town of Excelsior in Sauk
County.
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58. Reedsburg Utility Commission. River Valley Phase II project
- $542,500. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 15 business and 290 residential locations in the Town of
Spring Green, west of the City of Spring Green.
59. Reedsburg Utility Commission. Reedsburg Road fiber project -
$182,500. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
past 2 business and 232 residential locations near Reedsburg Road
just west of the Ho-Chunk casino in the Town of Delton in Sauk
County.
60. Richland-Grant Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Highway 80 fiber
project - $405,000. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises
service past 10 business and 140 residential locations in Richland
County. The project will bury fiber along Highway 80, along Highway
60 from Muscoda and Orion to County Road E, and north on County
Road E to Basswood.
61. SCLCOEDC. Sawyer County fiber route - $41,400. This project
will build a 3-mile fiber route from Highway 63 at Seely WI along
County Road OO to the American Birkebener facility. The project
will build past 3 business and 13 residential locations.
62. Siren Telephone Company. Hayden Road fiber project -
$152,447. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
along Hayden Road and E Yellow River Road, in the Town of Oakland
in Burnett County. The project will build past 89 residential
locations.
63. Starwire Technologies. Clam Falls Phase II project (South) -
$300,566. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises service
in the Town of Clam Falls in Polk County along roads south of the
FY 2019 Clam Falls project. The project will build past 11 business
and 103 residential locations.
64. Midway Telephone Company, LLC d/b/a TDS Telecom.
Stetsonville telephone exchange fiber project - $265,460. This
project will build a Fiber to the Premises service in the Village
of Stetsonville and adjacent rural area, in Taylor County. The
project will build past 26 business and 303 residential
locations.
65. Mosinee Telephone Company. Mosinee telephone exchange
project - $1,058,610. This project will build 21.85 miles of new
fiber to 34 service nodes in TDS Mosinee telephone exchange. The
project will upgrade the DSL service for 92 businesses and 1,140
residential locations.
66. Tech Com, Inc. d/b/a Genuine Telecom. Richland County fiber
project - $228,000. This project will build a Fiber to the Premises
service along several roads outside of Richland Center, in Richland
County. The project will build past 10 business and 112 residential
locations.
67. Union Telephone Company. Towns of Hancock & Colburn
fiber project - $598,805. This project will build a Fiber to the
Premises service past 5 business and 235 residential locations in
the Towns of Hancock and Colburn, in Waushara and Adams County.
68. US Internet. Light the Lake fiber project - $2,250,000. This
project will build a Fiber to the Premises service past 2,620
locations in the Towns of Poygan and Winneconne, in Winnebago
County.
69. Vernon Communications Cooperative. Village of De Soto fiber
project - $129,525. Vernon Communications Cooperative will build a
Fiber to the Premises service past 40 business and 100 residential
locations in the Village of De Soto and south along Highway 35 in
Vernon County.
70. Vernon Communications Cooperative. Rural Vernon County
Broadband Phase 4 - $472,600. This project will build a Fiber to
the Premises service past 58 business and 265 residential locations
in Vernon County.
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71. Wittenberg Telephone Company, Inc. Bowler,
Stockbridge-Munsee fiber project, Phase 1 - $457,508. Wittenberg
Telephone Company, Inc. will build Fiber to the Premises service
past 25 business and 200 residential locations on the
Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal land and in the Village of Bowler.
72. Wittenberg Telephone Company. Marathon City fiber and fixed
wireless project - $36,902. This project will build a combination
of Fiber to the Premises and fixed wireless internet services past
2 business and 22 residential locations near Marathon City, in
Marathon County.
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Summary of FY 2019 Broadband Expansion Grants
Applicant(s) Grant amount awarded Matching funds Total
project
cost Description
Amery Telcom, Inc. d/b/a Northwest Communications
Town of Turtle Lake Project$96,500.00 $179,400.00
$275,900.00
This project will build an FTTP service past 5 businesses and
130 homes inn the Town of Turtle Creek, in Barron County, and
just
east of the City of Clayton.
Amherst Telephone CompanyTowns of Hull and Dewey Phase III
project$314,388.00 $384,253.00 $698,641.00
Amherst Telephone Company will build an FTTP service in the
Towns of Dewey and Hull. The project will extend Amherst's
existing fiber service in Protage County to an additional 154
homes and businesses just north and west of its current service
area.
Bertram Communications, LLCShawano County fixed wireless project
$274,065.00 $406,511.00 $680,576.00
This project will build a fixed wireless service in rural areas
of Shawano County in the vicinity of Shawano Lake and west of
Shawano. The project will install antennas and equipment on nine
service sites. There are 2,344 households and 110 businesses
within the footprint of this project.
Bloomer Telephone CompanyBloomer School District Phase II
project $519,824.00 $813,180.00 $1,333,004.00
This project will build an FTTP service past 4 businesses and
251 homes and farms in the Town of Woodmohr, and the west side
of
the Towns of Eagle Point and Cleveland. These locations are
within the Bloomer School District, but just east of the
Bloomer
exchange area.
Bug Tussel Wireless, LLCLafayette County fixed wireless project
$308,384.00 $462,578.00 $770,962.00
This project will build three wireless towers in Lafayette
County south of Highway 11. The fixed wireless service will reach
33 businesses and 162 homes within the footprint of the
antennas.
Bug Tussel Wireless, LLCTown of Deerfield fixed wireless project
$102,983.00 $154,472.00 $257,455.00
This project will build one wireless tower in the Town of
Deerfield in Waushara County. The fixed wireless service will reach
81 businesses and 229 homes within the footprint of the
antenna.
Bug Tussel Wireless, LLCLittle Green Lake fixed wireless project
$102,983.00 $154,472.00 $257,455.00
This project will build one wireless tower in the vicinity of
Little Green Lake in Green Lake County. The fixed wireless service
will
reach 14 businesses and 257 homes within the footprint of the
antenna.
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Summary of FY 2019 Broadband Expansion Grants
Hager Telecom d/b/a BEVCOMMTown of Diamond Bluff Phase II
project $179,582.00 $333,510.00 $513,092.00
This project will build an FTTP service in the Town of Diamond
Bluff in Pierce County. This project area is immediately north
of
the FY 2017 project area. The route will pass about 215
locations. BEVCOMM expects to actually connect 128 of those
locations.
CenturyTel of Central Wisconsin, LLC d/b/a CenturyLink
Seymour exchange project$18,557.00 $19,443.00 $38,000.00
This project will install an upgrade in the Seymour exchange
office and build a 500-foot fiber route to upgarde the DSL service
in a project area along Isaar Road northeast of Seymour. The
project
will upgrade service for 3 businesses and 40 residences.
CenturyTel of the Midwest - Kendall, LLC d/b/a CenturyLink
Mazomanie exchange project$15,258.00 $18,342.00 $33,600.00
This project will install a 0.4-mile fiber route to a serving
device on the south side of the Village of Mazomanie, near Howards
Trail. The project will upgrade the DSL service for 5 businesses
and 51
residences.
CenturyTel of the Midwest - Wisconsin, LLC d/b/a CenturyLink
Mukwonago exchange project$13,875.00 $32,375.00 $46,250.00
This project will install an upgrade in the Mukwonago exchange
office and build a 0.5 mile fiber route to a project arewa
northeast of the Village. The project will upgrade the DSL service
for 21
businesses and 712 residences.
Chequamegon Communications Cooperative, Inc. d/b/a NorvadoTown
of Barnes Phase II Project
$640,000.00 $2,590,450.00 $3,230,450.00This project will build
an FTTP service in the Town of Barnes in Bayfield County. The fiber
route will pass 9 businesses and 727 residences.
CTC Telcom, Inc. d/b/a Mosaic Telecom
Lake Desair project$70,000.00 $105,000.00 $175,000.00
This project will build an FTTP service in the vicinity of Lake
Desair, northeast of Rice Lake in Barron County. The project
will
pass 33 homes.
Cochrane Cooperative Telephone Company
Town of Milton Phase II project$300,275.00 $700,640.00
$1,000,915.00
This project is Phase II of the FTTP build out in the Town of
Milton in Buffalo County. In this phase, Cochrane will build
service to 11 businesses and 84 residences located north of the
Phase I project area.
Whitewater Wideband, LLC d/b/a Edge Broadband
Town of Sugar Creek Phase II project$217,952.00 $326,928.00
$544,880.00
This project will add to the FY 2018 Round 2 project. The FY
2019 project area is immediately north of the FY 2018 area.
This
project will extend FTTP service past 61 businesses and 534
homes adjacent to Highway 12 just south of Lauderdale Lakes in
Walworth County.
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Summary of FY 2019 Broadband Expansion Grants
e-vergent.com, LLCTown of Raymond fiber project $56,336.00
$56,336.00 $112,672.00
This project will build an FTTP service to an unserved
subdivision in Racine County, west of I-94. The project will pass
19 homes.
Iron County Resource Development Association, Inc.
Iron County fixed wireless Phase IV project
$53,275.00 $36,000.00 $89,275.00
This project will complete the funding of a tower outside of
Mercer that was patially funded in the last round. The project will
also
build a new tower near Fisher Lake northeast of Mercer. There
are 3 businesses and 963 homes within the footprint of the
towers.
Lakeland CommunicationsTown of Eureka Phase II project
$168,000.00 $352,556.00 $520,556.00
This project is Phase II of the FTTP build out in the Town of
Eureka in Polk County. In Phase I, Lakeland received funds to
build the main fiber route into the Town. In Phase II, Lakeland
will extend fiber service past 19 businesses and 93 homes in the
Town.
LaValle Telephone CooperativeTowns of Henriette, Rockbridge
and
Seven Mile Creek project$240,000.00 $254,000.00 $494,000.00
This project will build an FTTP service in the Towns of
Henrietta and Rockbridge, in Richland County southwest of La Valle,
and in the Town of Seven Mile Creek, in Juneau County northeast of
La Valle. The project will build past 6 bussinesses and 95
homes.
Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Towns of Dell Prairie and Newport project
$145,286.00 $145,286.00 $290,572.00
This project will build an FTTP service in the Town of Dell
Prairie, in Adams County, and the Town of Newport, in Columbia
County. The project area is about one mile northeast of Wisconsin
Dells.
The project will build past 111 homes.
Brown County C-LEC, LLC d.b.a Nsight Teleservices
Calumet County fiber route$372,022.00 $690,898.00
$1,062,920.00
This project proposes to build a 16-mile fiber route from the
outskirts of Appleton to Elkhart Lake, connecting serveral
communities in Calumet, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan Counties.
Nsight will pass 108 businesses, 42 community anchor
institutions,
and 8 cellular towers.
Brown County C-LEC, LLC d.b.a Nsight Teleservices
Town of Green Bay fixed wireless project$113,112.00 $138,248.00
$251,360.00
This project will build a fixed wireless service in the
unincorporated community of Champion, in the Town of Green
Bay in northeast Brown County. This project will pilot the use
of CBRS wireless technology. There are 4 businesses and 163
homes
within the footprint of this antenna.
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Summary of FY 2019 Broadband Expansion Grants
Brown County C-LEC, LLC d.b.a Nsight Teleservices
Washington Island fiber project$104,331.00 $104,331.00
$208,662.00
This project will build a middle mile fiber route between Gills
Rock, Plum Island, and Washington Island, on the northeast side of
Door County. The broadband cable will be built into a submarine
power line, and placed by the electric cooperative in one joint
undertaking.
Ntera, LLCTown of Birch Creek project $250,000.00 $572,551.00
$822,551.00
This project will build an FTTP service in the vicinity of Lake
Holcombe, east of the Chippewa River, in the Town of Birch Creek in
Chippewa County. The project will build past 14 businesses and
262 homes.
Oneida County Economic Development Corporation
Oneida County fixed wireless Phase V project
$117,500.00 $182,000.00 $299,500.00
This project will build six wireless towers and install fixed
wireless equipment on those towers. This will be the fifth phase of
this
build out. There are 267 businesses and 3,127 residences in the
footprint of these towers.
Price County Telephone CompanyTown of Winter project $46,040.00
$66,900.00 $112,940.00
This project will build a 4-mile fiber route and connect an FTTP
service to an underserved area in the Town of Winter in Sawyer
County, about 12 miles west of Phillips. The project will build
past 2 businesses and 31 homes.
Price County Telephone CompanyCity of Phillips/Town of
Worcester
project$257,898.00 $275,560.00 $533,458.00
This project will build an FTTP service in the City of Phillips
and the Town of Worcester south of the city. The project will pass
39
businesses and 226 homes.
Reedsburg Utility CommissionTown of Delton project $137,722.00
$294,563.00 $432,285.00
This project will build an FTTP service past 19 businesses and
134 homes adjacent to Highway 12 just south of the I-90/94
interchange at the Wisconsin Dells exit. This project area is
northeast of the FY
2016 project area.
Reedsburg Utility CommissionRiver Valley project $305,550.00
$464,450.00 $770,000.00
This project will build a fiber backbone through the Village of
Spring Green and extend FTTP service to unserved areas in the Town
of Spring Green. The project will pass 35 businesses, 8
community locations and 262 residences.
Somerset Telephone Company, Inc. d/b/a Northwest
CommunicationsTown of Somerset Phase III project
$63,000.00 $146,600.00 $209,600.00
This project will build an FTTP service in the Town of Somerset
in St. Croix County. The fiber route will pass 185 residences. This
project will build a fiber route along the St. Croix River
between
the two prior fiber projects in the Town of Somerset.
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Summary of FY 2019 Broadband Expansion Grants
Starwire Technologies, LLCTown of Clam Falls fiber project
$159,800.00 $240,200.00 $400,000.00
This project will build FTTP service to an unserved area in the
Town of Clam Falls in Polk County. The project will build a 16-
mile route past 15 businesses and 105 homes.
The Farmers Telephone Company, LLC d/b/a TDS Telecom
Town of Beetown DSL project$375,868.00 $375,868.00
$751,736.00
This project will improve DSL service in the Town of Beetown in
Grant County. The project will build 7.8 miles of new fiber,
install
17 new DSAs and upgrade 6 existing DSAs. The project will
improve service for 27 businesses and 470 homes.
Town of KingCharter Communications cable project $372,223.00
$372,223.00 $744,446.00
This project will build a cable internet service in the Town of
King in Lincoln County just east of the City of Tomahawk. The
service
provider is Charter Communications. The project will build past
10 businesses, 247 homes and 57 vacant lots.
Town of NashvilleNorthwoods Connect fixed wireless
project$56,000.00 $46,000.00 $102,000.00
This project will build two wireless towers in the Town of
Nashville in Forest County. The broadband service provider is
Northwoods Connect, and this project will complement the
Northwoods network in Oneida County. The fixed wireless service
will reach 20 businesses and 485 homes within the footprint of
the
antennas.
Town of WatertownNetwurx Internet, LLC fixed wireless
project$150,690.00 $221,836.00 $372,526.00
This project will build a fixed wireless service in three
townships (Farmington, Ixonia and Watertown) in Jefferson County.
There
are 106 businesses and 1,330 residences located within the
project area. This broadband service will provide a speed of up to
30/15
Mbps.
Town of Sun PrairieUpNetWI, LLC fixed wireless project
$25,004.00 $25,004.00 $50,008.00
This project will build a fixed wireless service in a
neighborhood in the Town of Sun Prairie south of the City of Sun
Prairie. The
service provider is UpNetWI., LLC. There are 7 businesses and 74
homes within the footprint of the antennas.
Vernon Communications CooperativeVernon County Phase III fiber
project $309,294.00 $378,026.00 $687,320.00
This project is Phase III of Vernon Communications Cooperative's
FTTP build out within the Frontier Viroqua telephone exchange area.
This phase will build past 20 businesses and 144 homes in
rural Vernon County.
TOTAL $7,053,577.00 $12,120,990.00 $19,174,567.00
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