Consolidated, Windstream, Five Others Slated to Share Millions in Nebraska Broadband Funding

Seven network operators are slated to share millions of dollars in Nebraska broadband deployment funding through the state’s Universal Service Fund program. Awardees must file certain additional information, which must be approved by the state, before the awards will be finalized. If all awards are approved, deployments will be made to 1,258 locations. The program has a total budget of over $19 million in this round. The seven funding winners are:

1. Pinpoint Communications
2. Glenwood Telecommunications
3. Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company
4. Great Plains Communications
5. Consolidated Comunications
6. Windstream
7. Consortium of Hamilton Telephone Company, Hamilton Long Distance Company, and Nebraska Central Telephone Company