USDA Invests Nearly $10 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Tennessee

The Trump Administration announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing nearly $10 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Tennessee. This investment is part of both the $100 million Congress allocated to the ReConnect Program through the CARES Act and the $550 million available in the second round of ReConnect Program Funding. In rural Tennessee, Ardmore Telephone Company will use a $4.9 million grant and a $4.9 million loan to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to connect 4,005 people, 263 farms, 28 businesses, four educational facilities and one fire station to high-speed broadband internet in Benton, Giles and Lincoln counties.