- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Press release.
- Title:
- Press release, 2021 October 27A
- Creator:
- Georgia. Office of the Governor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Office of the Governor
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Office of the Governor
- Date of Original:
- 2021-10-27
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--Periodicals
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
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- serials (publications)
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- Text
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- Description:
- Nov. 6, 2002; title from contents screen (GALILEO, viewed June 3, 2007).
June 1, 2007, viewed June 3, 2007. - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA G600 .P1 P7 2021/10-27A
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-pp1-bp7-b2021-s10-h27a-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-pp1-bp7-b2021-s10-h27a-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
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For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Gov. Kemp Applauds Sumter EMC and Windstream Collaboration to Expand Broadband in Southwest
Georgia
Plains, GA Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp applauded the recently announced collaboration between Sumter EMC and Windstream that will expand rural broadband access in southwest Georgia.
"I am committed to ensuring Georgians in every corner of the state have access to highspeed broadband," said Governor Kemp. "To help carry out this mission, the General Assembly and I have encouraged the public and private sectors to work together and create innovative solutions on behalf of hardworking Georgians. This partnership between Sumter EMC and Windstream will provide 11 counties with more opportunity and access, and highlight yet another win for rural communities across our state."
Details were made public at the historic Plains Community Center earlier today when Sumter EMC and Windstream revealed plans that will ultimately benefit 8,000 homes and businesses in Sumter EMC's service territory. The two companies will coordinate their engineering and construction activities through a unique broadband expansion model, bringing high-speed broadband access to locations in Chattahoochee, Dougherty, Lee, Marion, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, and Webster counties.
With previously secured funding sources for fiber-optic construction by Windstream, the availability of broadband for Sumter EMC members will increase from 35% to 84% over the next four years. The two companies will work together in the pursuit of additional funding to achieve broadband access for all Sumter EMC members and to accelerate construction activities as funding is made available. In all, Windstream will build roughly 1,000 miles of fiber-optic cable across the 11 counties that Sumter EMC serves as part of this project, enabling service to an additional 8,000 households that are within these counties but outside of Sumter's EMC footprint.
The planned projects include construction of more than $58 million in new fiber-optic infrastructure by Windstream which will be funded in part by $18 million of funds secured through the Federal Communications Commission's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
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