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Local tribal-owned carrier to build fiber to nearly 2,100 locations after USDA award
Summary
Fort Mohave Telephone announced a USDA Rural Utilities Service loan/grant package to build roughly 40 miles of fiber across about 7.5 square miles near Needles, promising symmetrical speeds up to 10 Gbps potential and initial consumer plans from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps with free installation and managed routers.
Michael Scully, general manager of Fort Mohave Telephone, told the Needles City Council on March 28 that his company has been awarded a 50% loan/50% grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service to construct fiber-to-the-premises across roughly 7.5 square miles serving up to an estimated 2,100 homes and businesses.
Scully said the project will include about 40 miles of new fiber and a network designed to support symmetrical service (same up and down speeds) that can scale to 10 gigabits in the long term. Initial consumer plans will range from…
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