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Rush County commissioners approve local support letters for three BEAD broadband applicants
Summary
Commissioners voted to provide letters of local support for Watts Communications, Nightstar and Comcast as part of Indiana’s BEAD application process after a presentation from Watts about a joint fiber/fixed‑wireless plan that could reach roughly 5,000 Rush County households.
Aaron Miller, representing Watts Communications, asked the Rush County commissioners on an emergency timeline for a letter of local support for a BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment) application that would be a joint bid covering Rush and Decatur counties. Miller said the current draft would target about 10,000 homes across both counties, with roughly 5,000 households in Rush County eligible for service in the application’s current design, and that the build timeline is budgeted at…
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