USDA Announces $759 Million to Bring High-Speed Internet Access to Communities Across Rural America

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it is making available $759 million in loans and grants to enable rural communities to access high speed internet. This latest funding is the third round provided through the ReConnect Program, part of the $65 billion provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In the RCRC member county of Siskiyou, Cal-Ore Telephone Co. was awarded a grant of over $17.5 million to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 321 people, seven farms, six businesses and three public schools to high-speed internet.