The California Public Utilities Commission approved two matching grants totaling...
The California Public Utilities Commission approved two matching grants totaling $4.3 million to bring improved broadband service to the Central Valley and Mother Lode regions, it said May 6. The California Advanced Services Fund grants provide $1.2 million for the…
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Audeamus Last Mile project in Fresno County and $3.1 million for the Mother Lode Broadband Project in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Alpine, Amador and Mariposa counties. The state grant would leverage federal funding awarded Audeamus earlier by the Broadband Initiatives Program under the ARRA broadband stimulus program, from which Audeamus got $2.7 million in grants and $2.7 million in loans. To get the state grant Audeamus must forego a portion of the federal loan equivalent to the state grant. The Mother Lode project, a creature of Telenational Communications and Mother Lode Internet, will increase access speeds for about 17,841 households in an area of some 525 square miles. The sponsor plans to complete its project within 20 months.