Sac and Fox Nation, Centranet break ground on $35.8 million fiber network

Sac and Fox Nation and Centranet broke ground on a $35.8 million dollar fiber project on August 16. Funded by a National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, the grant will make gigabit internet available throughout all tribal lands of Sac and Fox Nation. The Sac and Fox project will be interconnected with Centranet’s full fiber network which serves more than 10,000 subscribers across seven counties in north-central Oklahoma. The Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is a $3 billion program directed to tribal governments to be used for broadband deployment on tribal lands, as well as for telehealth, distance learning, broadband affordability, and digital inclusion.