Arvig Awarded Line Extension Grants to Bring Fiber to 118 Unserved Locations
PERHAM, Minn., Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Minnesota Office of Broadband Development (OBD) has awarded Arvig grant funding to extend existing fiber infrastructure to more than 118 unserved locations in several lakes-area counties.
- PERHAM, Minn., Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Minnesota Office of Broadband Development (OBD) has awarded Arvig grant funding to extend existing fiber infrastructure to more than 118 unserved locations in several lakes-area counties.
- Arvig was awarded grants totalling $842,562 from OBD’s Line Extension Connection program after submitting successful lowest-cost bids to provide fiber to the locations.
- Internet service providers then bid on the applications and are awarded grant funding based on the number of successful bids.
- Arvig expects to exceed that requirement, with plans to provide most locations access to speeds of up to 1 Gig download and 100Mb upload.