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Purpose: The Broadband Infrastructure Project in Sabine County, TX is a last mile broadband build to provide last mile, fiber broadband service to 5,254 households, 158 businesses, and 2 community anchor institutes for a total of 5,414 locations in sections of Sabine County that are unserved. The project is comprised of the covered partnership of Sabine County, the applicant, and Windstream Services, as the supporting ISP.

Activities: Windstream plans to leverage its existing network infrastructure, engineering design experience, construction management, and operational expertise to deploy a future-proof fiber-to-the-premise solution in Sabine 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 to residential customers.

Outcomes: With the proposed project, the applicant intends to bring high-speed connection to a high number of households in rural areas located in Sabine County, TX in a cost-efficient manner through last-mile fiber connection. Residents will be offered broadband speeds of 50/50 Mbps to 1/1 Gbps.

Beneficiaries: The applicant plans to connect 5,254 households, 158 businesses, and 2 institutions to unserved areas in rural Sabine County, TX. Windstream participates in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to help keep low-income customers connected and provide COVID-19 relief. Eligible households can receive a monthly credit of up to $50. Eligible customers can also receive aid through the Lifeline Assistance Program, a federal program aimed at helping low-income individuals with the monthly cost of phone or internet.

Subrecipient Act: Sabine County will receive all federal funds for this project. The majority of the funding will then flow down to Windstream, who is the subrecipient.

County Of Sabine

TO PROVIDE NEW FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO MAKE GRANTS ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.

11.031 - Broadband Infrastructure Program

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

Hemphill, Texas 75948-7269 United States

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BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM (NTIA-BROADBAND-INFRASTRUCTURE-PROGRAM-21)

COVID-19 $12,700,959 (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 02/28/26.