"FOCUS Broadband has announced that high-speed internet service is now available to more than 7,000 addresses in Chowan and Perquimans counties, with additional addresses coming soon. Residents and businesses in rural areas of both counties may now take advantage of fiber optic broadband service with speeds up to 5Gig, enabling them to work and learn remotely, access telehealth services and more."
"In 2022, the company was awarded $8 million in grant funds from the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant program to bring fiber optic broadband service to more than 3,600 addresses in Chowan and Perquimans counties. Building on that success, FOCUS Broadband received an additional $7.2 million in GREAT Grant funding in 2023 to extend service to an additional 1,700 addresses across both counties."
"In addition to the GREAT Grants, FOCUS Broadband also received $6 million through NCDIT's Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program to expand service to almost all the remaining underserved addresses in many of the most remote areas of both counties. Construction on these CAB-funded projects has been underway for several months and is expected to be completed quickly. Once these final phases are finished, FOCUS Broadband will serve more than 8,000 addresses across Chowan and Perquimans counties."
FOCUS Broadband has made high-speed fiber optic internet available to more than 7,000 addresses in Chowan and Perquimans counties, offering speeds up to 5Gig for remote work, learning, and telehealth. The company received $8 million from NCDIT's GREAT Grant in 2022 to serve over 3,600 addresses and an additional $7.2 million in 2023 to reach 1,700 more addresses. An additional $6 million from NCDIT's CAB program funds expansion to many remaining underserved, remote addresses, with construction underway and expected to finish quickly. FOCUS Broadband invested $3 million in matching funds and will serve more than 8,000 addresses when complete.
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