Future of Broadband Deployment: Kentucky's Rural Connectivity Initiatives
Explore Kentucky's proactive approach to rural broadband deployment, with over $1.78 billion invested in infrastructure by community-based providers serving remote areas. Learn about the significant impact on businesses, schools, and job creation, alongside upcoming funding programs and challenges in expanding broadband access.
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The Future of B roadband D eploym ent N ational and State Trends in B roadband D evelopm ent Interim Joint C om m ittee on Tourism , Sm all B usiness and Inform ation Technology June 22, 2023
K YRB A m em ber com panies consist of 18 com m unity-basedrural broadband providers, w hich includes one regional w ireless carrier and one com m ercial netw ork carrier. K Y R ural B roadband A ssociation M em bers by the N um bers K YRB A m em bers serveall or part of 45 counties in the com m onw ealth andhave deployed approxim ately 30,500 m iles of fiber across som e of the m ostrem ote, rural areas in K entucky. A pproxim ately 217,000 rural hom es and business providedbroadbandservice throughoutrural K entucky. N early 150,000hom es and businesses have fiber-to-the-prem ises availablew ith access to gigabit service.
K YRB A M em ber Investm ent in the C om m onw ealth K YRB A m em ber com panies have invested m ore than $1.78 billion in property, plant and equipm entthroughout their operations in the C om m onw ealth. Invested m ore than $111 m illion in their fiber netw orksover the past year. Plan to investadditional$291 m illionin their fiber netw orks over the next tw o years. Serving 12,537 sm all businesses and 217 schoolsin their service territories. R esponsible for1,100direct jobs and m ore than$40 m illion inproperty, sales, payroll and telecomtaxes in the past year.
Sm art R ural C om m unities B allard Telephone C ooperative Foothills C om m unications Thacker-G rigsby Telephone C om pany, Inc P eople s R ural Telephone C ooperative L TC C onnect W K &T M ountain Telephone South C entral R ural Telecom m unications C ooperative, Inc
Funding of B roadband D eploym ent C urrent State and Federal P rogram s B etter Internet P rogram U SD A R eC onnect R ural D igital Opportunity Fund
Future Funding of B roadband D eploym ent B roadband E quity, A ccess andD eploym ent P rogram
B E A D C hallenges and Opportunities E stim ated funding of m ore than$1 billion to K entucky (A llocation announcem ent expected June 30th) M apping and C hallenge P rocess Subm ission of 5-Year B roadband A ction Plan B E A D P rogram R equirem ents
Issues Im pacting Future B roadband D eploym ent W orkforce developm ent Supply chain E nvironm ental perm itting review process
Federal Issues Im pacting Future B roadband D eploym ent Future of U niversal Service Fund Taxation of B roadband G rants 2023 Farm B ill P riorities
