2908I2203

Purpose: The State of Missouri Department of Economic Development project is a last mile, fiber deployment in 14 service areas across the counties of Butler, Marion, Shelby, Monroe, Jasper, Pulaski, St. Charles, Livingston, McDonald, Montgomery, and Boone. This application was submitted by the State of Missouri Department of Economic Development, who has entered into an eligible partnership with ten ISP companies. The project has been separated by the ISP companies that are servicing specific counties:

- Boycom Cablevision (Butler County)
- Chariton Valley Communications (Shelby, Marion, Ralls, and Monroe Counties)
- Columbus Telephone Company (Jasper County, Carl Junction)
- Gasconade Electric Cooperative (Pulaski County, Dixon South)
- Gateway Infrastructure (Lincoln County)
- Green Hills Telephone Company (Livingston County, Chillicothe)
- Le-Ru Telephone Company (McDonald County)
- New Florence Telephone Company (Missouricom) (Montgomery County)
- Socket Telecom LLC (Boone County)
- Spectrum Mid-America LLC (St. Charles and St. Louis Counties)

This project was designed to bring qualifying broadband to 14,920 unserved households with up to 1/1 Gbps service.

Activities:
- Boycom Cablevision project will perform new build to Stringtown in rural western Butler County.
- Chariton Valley Communications - Clarence Zone 1 & 2 will deploy fiber optic broadband facilities to each location in Clarence.
- Chariton Valley Communications - Hannibal Zones 1 & 3 project will deploy fiber optic broadband facilities to each location in Hannibal.
- Chariton Valley Communications - Hannibal Ralls County project will deploy fiber optic broadband facilities to each location in Hannibal.
- Chariton Valley Communications - Monroe City project will deploy fiber optic broadband facilities to each location in the area in and around Monroe City.
- Chariton Valley Communications - Palmyra Zones 1-4 project will deploy fiber optic broadband facilities to each location in Palmyra.
- Columbus Telephone Company project will construct forty-one mainline miles of fiber, OSP construction, electronics, install, cutover, and fiber drops to Carl Junction.
- Gasconade Electric Company project will complete a FTTH expansion south of Dixon.
- Gateway Infrastructure project will deploy FTTH broadband service to Argentville, Josephville, Redemption Ranch, St. Paul, and Sunrise Park.
- Green Hills Telephone Company project will deploy FTTH in the areas east of Chillicothe, MO.
- Le-Ru Telephone Company project will deliver FTTP over buried fiber facilities to offer speeds of 50/50 Mbps ($50) to 1/1 Gbps ($84) in the southeastern area of McDonald County.
- New Florence Telephone Company project will deploy a gigabit passive fiber optical network in the city of Danville, MO, and rural parts of Golden Eagle Lake.
- Socket Telecom LLC project will deploy a FTTP network in the northwest Boone County.
- Spectrum Mid-America LLC project will deploy 57.82 miles of fiber optics in an FTTP EPON network in three locations in St. Charles County and St. Louis County.

The applicant has requested an extension of the one-year award period to a period not to exceed 30 months (2.5 years) from the initial receipt of grant funds.

Outcome: The projects within this application will provide broadband service to a total of 14,920 unserved households, 573 businesses, and 66 community anchor institutions across the state of MO.

Beneficiaries: Predominantly rural areas of MO that are currently unserved by qualifying broadband access will be served by this project.

Subrecipient Act: Boycom Cablevision, Chariton Valley Communications, Columbus Telephone Company, Gasconade Electric Company, Gateway Infrastructure, LLC, Green Hills Communications, Le-Ru Telephone Company, New Florence Telephone Company, Socket Telecom, Spectrum are subrecipients of federal funds for this project. These broadband providers will deploy high-speed internet within their designated service areas.

Missouri Department Of Economic Development

11.031 - Broadband Infrastructure Program

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [DOC]

Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-1157 United States

Single Zip Code

None

COVID-19 $42,241,427 (100%) percent of this Project Grant was funded by COVID-19 emergency acts including the CARES Act.
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 08/31/24 to 08/31/25 and the total obligations have decreased 7% from $67,346,994 to $62,762,546.