Fiber Broadband
C Spire has announced receipt of a $26.2-million U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration Middle Mile grant program award. This award will be part of a $52.6-million fiber construction project from C Spire’s existing network in Birmingham across the southern area of the state, including areas of Baldwin County. The project, “Connect…
Rural areas in nine Alabama counties, including Mobile and Baldwin counties, will get expanded broadband connections as a result of $24.72 million in grants awarded last week by Gov. Kay Ivey, AL.com reported. The grants were awarded to broadband providers across the state to support projects in unserved or underserved areas. Ivey said that once…
C Spire has announced completion of a 225-mi.-long fiber-optic cable route from Kiln, Mississippi, to West Mobile, along Highway 90 and county roads. Next, it plans “to rapidly deploy next-generation technology infrastructure for consumers and businesses.” The two-year-plus, five-phase, multimillion-dollar project overcame weather delays, permitting requirements and sensitive environmental issues. It placed conduit and fiber-optic…
Work on Baldwin County’s first fiber broadband internet service should start within two weeks in Fairhope and Orange Beach, GulfCoastNewsToday.com reported. C Spire Fiber is to start construction on the Eastern Shore, what Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan called one of the fastest-growing areas in the U.S. “This fiber network is going to be a huge…
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