Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Windstream lands $35 million in grants for fiber rollouts in Georgia

Kinetic by Windstream has been awarded $34.9 million in grants to build out fiber to more than 4,500 homes and businesses in Georgia.

Communities covered by this round of grants:

Clay County - 1,216 locations

Clinch County - 1,665 locations

Randolph County – 1,116 locations

Schley County – 512 locations

“We celebrate every time families get the benefits for fiber internet in their homes,” said Tony Thomas, president and CEO of Windstream. “We are grateful for the leadership of Gov. Kemp and Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to forge public private partnerships that bring high speed internet to rural locations in Georgia that there is not a business case to serve otherwise.”

https://news.windstream.com/news/news-details/2023/Kinetic-Awarded-Nearly-35-Million-to-Bring-Fiber-to-Four-Additional-Georgia-Counties/default.aspx

  • $34,900,000 / 4,509 = $7,740 average per location served