FOCUS Broadband Brings High-Speed Internet to Areas of New Hope in Perquimans County, North Carolina

FOCUS Broadband is accepting orders for high-speed internet service in the first phases of their Perquimans County (NC) broadband project. In 2022, FOCUS Broadband partnered with Perquimans County government to apply for a grant through the North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant Program. The partnership was awarded a $4 million GREAT Grant with matching contributions from both FOCUS Broadband and Perquimans County government to complete the project. In 2023, FOCUS Broadband was awarded a second $4 million grant through the NCDIT’s GREAT Grant Program to extend fiber optic internet service to an additional 988 homes and businesses in Perquimans County. Once both grants are completed, reliable high-speed internet service will be available to 2,600 addresses in Perquimans County.