(KLZA)-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the awarding of nearly $15.8 million to the Rock Port Telephone Company in Rock Port, Missouri, for the Fiber-to-the-Home program.
Through the ReConnect grant, fiber will be available to more than 385 square miles in Atchison and Holt counties. The project will help with the building of 798 miles of mainline fiber, making high speed internet service available to more than 1,100 persons, 297 farms and 30 businesses.
The Rock Port Telephone Company will match the grant with $5,261,141 of its own money bringing the total project cost to $21,044,564.
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