Local rural ISP’s get high speed injection

A unified submission to the feds – with the strong backing of the Columbia Basin Trust’s Broadband Corporation – has produced results.

12 small local internet service providers have collectively secured over $3.3 million for equipment upgrades to supply fast service to rural communities.

Here’s Delphi Hoodicoff the CBT’s Director of Communications.

The CBT co-ordinated the grant application through the regional districts and convinced the feds they had a strong business case to bring high speed to these rural areas.

The upgrades to 11,00 households should be done by 2017.

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