The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is scheduled...
The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is scheduled to vote on funding for three California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) projects at its Oct. 3 meeting. Each grant will pay for 60 percent of the project costs, with the telcos providing…
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the other 40 percent, the PUC said. The commission recommended funding of about $2 million from the CASF for the Winterhaven Last Mile Underserved Broadband Project by the Winterhaven Telephone Grant, which would extend high-speed Internet service to 15.67 square miles covering the Winterhaven community and other areas of unincorporated Imperial County (http://bit.ly/1ajLPOe). The project will reach about 961 households at maximum advertised speeds of 25 Mbps/5 Mbps, the PUC said. The commission also recommended funding of about $1.8 million from CASF for the Happy Valley Telephone Co. for its Olinda Last Mile Underserved Broadband Project to bring high-speed Internet service to 19.86 square miles covering the Olinda and Anderson communities in addition to other unincorporated areas of Shasta County (http://bit.ly/14rfY6b). The program will reach an estimated 1,908 households at maximum advertised speeds of 25 Mbps/5 Mbps, said the PUC. The commission recommended funding of $117,000 from CASF for the Foresthill Telephone Co. for its Big Dipper Underserved Broadband Project to extend high-speed Internet service to 10.88 square miles covering the Iowa Hill community in Placer County (http://bit.ly/1efwuNU). The project will reach an estimated 84 households at maximum advertised speeds of 10 Mbps/3 Mbps, said the PUC.