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Purpose: The Broadband Infrastructure Build Out in Lumpkin County, GA project is a last-mile infrastructure broadband service that will deploy fiber optic broadband service in Lumpkin County, Georgia. This application was submitted by Lumpkin County who has entered into a covered partnership with Windstream to accomplish the project.

Activities: Windstream plans to leverage its existing network infrastructure, engineering design experience, construction management, and operational experience to deploy a future-proof fiber to the home solution in Lumpkin County. This last-mile access network will include four major components: a multi-service access node, an optical line terminal, an optical network terminal, and a passive optical network. Windstream will provide consumer broadband speeds from 50/50 Mbps at $60 to 1/1 Gbps at $90.

Outcomes: This project will serve 5,448 households across Lumpkin County, GA, as well as 193 businesses and 13 community anchor institutions within the proposed area. In total, 99.84% of the total unserved population in the service area will be served by this project.

Beneficiaries: The residents, businesses, and anchor institutions in Lumpkin County will benefit from this project. They have been largely unserved due to the rurality and difficult topography of the region.

Subrecipient Act: Windstream will be the subrecipient of federal funds for this project. It will be responsible for broadband deployment activities in Lumpkin County.

Lumpkin County Board Of Commissioners

11.031 - Broadband Infrastructure Program

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [DOC]

Dahlonega, Georgia 30533-0541 United States

Single Zip Code

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COVID-19 $3,236,198 (100%) percent of this Project Grant was funded by COVID-19 emergency acts including the CARES Act.
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 02/28/23 to 06/30/25 and the total obligations have decreased 60% from $12,795,448 to $5,172,043.