The projects:

Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Incorporated, Alaska
This $5.2 million grant/loan middle mile project will allow Cooper Valley Telephone Coop. to extend terrestrial wireless broadband connectivity to McCarthy, AK. When complete, the project will offer upgraded service to more than 60 Alaskans and nearly 20 local businesses and other community institutions that currently can only subscribe to satellite service. The project will include significant non-federal investment. Beyond the jobs it creates upfront, the project will open McCarthy to future economic and business development.

National Telephone Of Alabama Inc, Alabama
The $1.7 million Cherokee Broadband Initiatives Project grant/loan program will provide broadband infrastructure in Margerum, Barton and Cherokee, Alabama. More than 3,000 people, 200 local businesses, and a number of other community institutions stand to benefit from the improved service. In addition to the jobs this project will create upfront, it will help drive economic development and open possibilities for online training and education, creating jobs for decades to come.

Northern Arkansas Telephone Company, Arkansas
Northern Arkansas Telephone Company, Inc. estimates it will directly create nearly 100 jobs by using this $3.7 million grant/loan mix to substantially expanding fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and ADSL2+ services in Marion and Boone Counties in rural north central Arkansas. Nearly 2,000 people and roughly 70 local businesses and 10 community institutions stand to benefit from combined speeds of over 20 Mbps.

San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility Inc, Arizona
Using this $10.5 million grant/loan, San Carlos Apache Telecommunications, Inc. (SCATUI) will provide fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) service to the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona. Over 6,000 people, 20 businesses, and 50 community institutions including emergency service personnel, a hospital and facilities that are currently unserved stand to benefit. The project will drive job creation upfront, and create a stable foundation for future growth.

Hopi Telecommunications Inc., Arizona
Hopi Telecommunications, Inc. (HTI) will connect Jeddito, Ariz. with existing broadband infrastructure more than 60 miles away with this $3.6 million grant/loan. In addition, HTI will connect currently unserved residents of Jeddito and Spider Mound. In addition to the jobs the project will create upfront, over 7,000 individuals stand to benefit, as do dozens of businesses and more than 20 community institutions.

Arizona Office of Economic Recovery, Arizona
This $1.6 million grant with an additional $706,000 applicant-provided match to expand computer centers at 28 state and tribal libraries and to provide specialized virtual workforce workstations at 200 locations throughout the state.

Nunn Telephone Company, Colorado
This $5.2 million grant/loan project will provide high speed broadband service to rural residents and business in north central Colorado.The project will create jobs in north central Colorado upfront, and the increased connectivity will drive jobs and growth in the years ahead.    Nearly 200 local businesses stand to benefit from this increased connectivity, as do nearly 1,000 individuals.