USDA Invests $3 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Minnesota

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $3 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Minnesota. Consolidated Telephone Company will use a $3 million ReConnect grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network, which will connect 819 people, 34 businesses and 25 farms to high-speed broadband internet in Morrison County, Minnesota. The grant is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.