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News Articles: Rural Broadband

Communities in rural and other underserved parts of the state have struggled to increase broadband access amid infrastructure and funding shortfalls.

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Georgia awards $234M in federal cash for rural broadband

Georgia is awarding $234 million in federal COVID-19 relief fund to construct broadband internet to rural locations.

January 04, 2023
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  • Associated Press
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Telecom providers and EMCs renew dispute over broadband in rural Georgia

Telecom providers are complaining that financial incentives the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) offered them a year and a half ago to expand broadband service into rural Georgia aren’t working.

June 09, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
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  • Technology

New Broadband Project To Serve Seven Rural Georgia Counties

Middle Georgia EMC, which serves all or parts of seven counties, announced Tuesday it will invest $36.7 million with Kansas City-based Conexon Connect to bring high-speed Internet fiber to 100% of its members’ homes and businesses within two years. The first customers will be connected as early as the first quarter of next year.

April 28, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Rural broadband

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Rural Broadband Initiative Announced For Middle Georgia Homes

Gov. Brian Kemp unveiled plans Friday to expand broadband access for thousands of Georgians in Middle Georgia, marking the latest move to boost high-speed internet in rural parts of the state.

April 19, 2021
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  • Beau Evans
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Georgia EMC's, Telecoms Far Apart On Rural Broadband

Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) and telecom providers remain far apart on how to expand  broadband connectivity in rural Georgia with time growing short for the state to decide a key component of the issue.

The EMCs want the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to nearly double what they can charge providers to attach broadband technology to their utility poles, from the current $20 per pole per year on average to $37.95, while the providers are calling for rates to be lowered to $7 per pole, the rate set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

November 18, 2020
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  • Dave Williams
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Georgia's EMC's, Telecom Providers Float Competing Rural Broadband Offers

 Electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) are offering to accelerate the deployment of high-speed internet in rural Georgia through a deep discount to telecom providers for attachments to EMC utility poles.

October 28, 2020
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  • Dave Williams
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National Poll Highlights Perils Of COVID-19 In Rural Georgia

Many rural households are struggling with access to health care and financial problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a national poll released Wednesday.

The poll of more than 500 adults living in rural areas found that one in four of these families said they had a member unable to get medical care for a serious problem during the pandemic. And most families with these access-to-care problems reported negative health effects as a result.

October 07, 2020
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  • Andy Miller
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  • Education

Rural Georgia's Back-To-School Blues: COVID-19 Spreads Fast, Internet's Slow

For some rural Georgia students, a heightened spread of COVID-19 combined with low internet availability could create disconnects that prevent them from doing online schoolwork.

July 29, 2020
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  • Ross Williams
Ga. lawmakers approves plan to boost broadband expansion.

Lawmakers Target Charges To String Lines In Broadband Push

Georgia lawmakers have passed a measure that would allow the state’s Public Service Commission to regulate how much electric cooperatives charge to...

June 25, 2020
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  • Associated Press

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: No Funds for Rural Broadband, Home Regulations, Trump Abortion Law

On this edition of Political Rewind, plans to expand broadband to rural Georgia may be in jeopardy after legislators kill a bill that would pay for the...

February 26, 2019
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By:
  • Bill Nigut

Lawmakers Seek Options To Boost Rural Broadband Connectivity

Lawmakers are looking at ways to improve internet access across Georgia, especially in rural parts of the state. There are a number of bills filed this...

February 18, 2019
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  • Stephen Fowler

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  • Politics

Tax Increases, Breaks Dominate Conversation At State Capitol

On this edition of Political Rewind, to bring high speed internet to rural Georgia, legislators are looking at a broad range of taxes on services every...

February 12, 2018
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  • Bill Nigut

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