The state Public Utilities Commission gave conditional approval f...
The state Public Utilities Commission gave conditional approval for California Advanced Services Fund grants to two broadband projects. The commission approved Thursday nearly $2.5 million for a last-mile project by Inyo Networks and almost $226,000 for a middle-mile project…
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by Citizens Telecommunications. The construction grants represent 10 percent of the projects’ total costs. They are conditioned on the sponsors’ getting federal grants for 80 percent of the projects’ budgets. The Inyo project will bring fiber-to-the- premises and WiMAX broadband along U.S. Highway 395 and will improve broadband speeds to more than 6,200 underserved households in rural east-central and southeastern California, the commission said. For the communities of Independence, Big Pine and Lone Pine in Inyo County, Inyo Networks proposes fiber-to-the premises construction reaching more than 1,600 residences, for broadband service up to 100 Mbps download and up to 38 Mbps upload. Elsewhere in the region, Inyo proposes WiMAX wireless technology providing service at up to 10 Mbps. “This area has been historically underserved because of the high cost of broadband infrastructure construction and small market population,” the state commission said. “Economic development has suffered, and where available, its residents pay some of the highest prices in the state for broadband services.” The Citizens Communications project will bring broadband to unserved areas and raise broadband speeds in northern Lassen and Modoc counties. The plan is to extend a fiber cable 74 miles along Highway 299 from Fall River Mills to Alturas. The project will reinforce broadband capabilities and replace a radio link that can’t be expanded and is at 85 percent of capacity, the commission said. The project will provide a high-speed connection to telephone central offices and allow for an increase in broadband speeds to current customers and an extension of service to unserved areas next door.