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Fiber2Go outlines South Texas Broadband Coalition and BEAD grant approach to Dimmit County
Summary
A Fiber2Go representative presented a regional coalition model tied to the federal BEAD program for Dimmit County to consider; the presentation was informational and no action or MOU was taken at the meeting.
A representative of Fiber2Go Corporation presented the South Texas Broadband Coalition to the Dimmit County Commissioners Court as an informational item, describing a coalition-based approach to pursuing federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding for unserved and underserved areas.
The presenter said the coalition would link 15 South Texas counties with a proposed 600-mile fiber backbone, offer a hybrid deployment model (fiber, fixed wireless, free-space optics) and allow each county to retain local control of its individual grant while benefitting from coordinated planning, cost sharing and redundancy. "Forming a regional broadband…
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