TDS Announces Completion of Broadband Internet Project Around Neillsville
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014 -- 11:51 AM
-TDS Telecom announced its broadband Internet project around Neillsville is now complete.The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus-funded project makes high-speed Internet accessible to businesses and nearly 1,200 area residents, about 300 more households than projected in the application for funding.
In mid-January, TDS announced a portion of this project was complete. Now, the entire project is finished. TDS installed about 70 miles of fiber optics cabling and 23 cabinets, which protect the advanced network electronics.
This is one of 44 projects TDS is receiving funding for from the United States Department of Agriculture?s Rural Utilities Service as part of the ARRA. TDS projected the cost at more than $5.4 million. The RUS grant covered 75 percent of the cost and TDS invested the remaining 25 percent, about $1.36 million, to expand broadband to more businesses and residents.
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