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Windstream outlines federal broadband grant opportunities for Bradford County
Summary
Windstream representative Sarah Harden told the Bradford County Commission that federal programs including RDOF and the $42 billion BEAD program could bring fiber-to-the-home to unserved areas of the county; the company requested local letters of support and offered to share maps showing proposed build areas.
Sarah Harden, vice president of state government affairs for Windstream, told the Bradford County Board of County Commissioners on April 17 that Windstream has won portions of federal funding and plans further applications to expand fiber service in the county.
Harden said Windstream is building fiber-to-the-home under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) awards won in 2020 and expects construction for those areas to be completed by the end of 2028. She said the larger federal Broadband Equity, Access, and…
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