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Brightspeed updates commissioners on fiber build, grant awards and remaining eligible addresses in Johnston County
Summary
Brightspeed told the county board it has privately funded fiber builds across thousands of locations in Johnston County, was awarded several grant rounds and that roughly 4,300 addresses remain eligible for federal/state grants under BEAD/CAB programs.
Brightspeed government‑affairs director Steve Brewer briefed the Johnston County Board of Commissioners on June 16 about the company’s ongoing fiber build, recent grant awards and remaining grant‑eligible addresses in the county.
Brewer said Brightspeed has been awarded 3,925 locations under a state grant program funded by the American Rescue Plan (the presenter called this the “great grant”), and 574 of those locations are already open for sale. He said Brightspeed was also awarded 1,439 locations in the state’s CAB 2 round. Separately, Brewer described a…
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