What Is The New NY Broadband Program?

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The New NY Broadband Program is a program funded by the New York government to close the digital divide in New York State. This program is allocating funding to qualified internet providers like HughesNet and GotW3 capable of delivering high speed internet access to currently underserved and unserved areas in New York State. It calls for approved internet providers to bring speeds of 100 Mbps to most areas statewide with speeds up to 25 Mbps in the most remote areas.

Bridging The Digital Divide In New York State

In 2015 New York Governor Cuomo took a hard stance at improving internet availability in underserved and unserved areas of New York State. He found that approximately 30% of New York residents lacked access to broadband internet. That means those residents couldn’t surf the internet, work from home, do schoolwork like so many other people do across the state in urban areas with ease. Expanding service areas for internet providers is often cost prohibitive in areas of low population. With little to no way of making expansion profitable, internet providers simply leave those areas underserved. With the New NY Broadband Program, the funding available makes expanding to these areas a viable option. To become an approved internet provider, each company had to submit a proposal that was reviewed by the Broadband Program Office.

New NY Broadband Program Phase 1

Phase 1 of the New NY Broadband Program was completed in 2016. It accepted applications for the New NY Broadband Program and its award recipients have already been announced. During this phase of the program broadband internet access was expanded to 97% of New Yorkers. Here is the full list of phase 1 awardees:

Internet Provider Phase 1 Awardees Areas That They Will Be Served
Armstrong Telecommunications Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Western NY
Citizens Of Hammond North Country
Empire Access Southern Tier
Frontier Communications Capital Region, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Southern Tier
Gtel Teleconnections Capital Region
Haefele TV Inc. Southern Tier
Hancock Telephone Company Southern Tier
Mid-Hudson Data Corp. Capital Region
Middleburg Telephone Company Capital Region, Mohawk Valley
MTC Cable Mid-Hudson, Southern Tier
State Telephone Company, Inc. Capital Region
TDS Telecom Central NY, Finger Lakes, North Country, Southern Tier

New NY Broadband Program Phase 2

Phase 2 of the New NY Broadband Program was completed in 2017. It accepted applications for the New NY Broadband Program and its award recipients have already been announced. During this phase of the program broadband internet access was expanded to 98% of New Yorkers. Here is the full list of phase 2 awardees:

Internet Provider Phase 2 Awardees Areas That They Will Be Served
Altice Long Island
Armstrong Telecommunications Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Western NY
Cable Communications of WIllsboro North Country
Castle Cable TV Television, Inc. North Country
Champlain Telephone Company North Country
Chazy and Westport Telephone Corporation North Country
Citizens of Hammond North Country
Delhi Telephone Company Southern Tier
DFT Local Service Corporation Western NY
DTC Cable Inc. Southern Tier
Empire Telephone Corporation Finger Lakes, Southern Tier
Fairpoint Communications Capital Region, Mid-Hudson, Western NY
Frontier Communications Capital Region, Central NY, Finger Lakes, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Southern Tier, Western NY
Gtel Teleconnections Capital Region, Mid-Hudson
Haefele TV Inc. Central NY, Southern Tier
Mid-Hudson Data Corp. Capital Region
Middleburgh Telephone Company Mohawk Valley
MTC Cable Capital Region, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier
New Visions Communications Central NY
Newport Telephone Company Mohawk Valley, North Country
Oneida County Rural Telephone Mohawk Valley
Otsego Electric Cooperative Central NY, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier
Pattersonville Telephone Company Capital Region, Mohawk Valley
Slic Network Solutions Capital Region, North Country
TDS Telecom Central NY, Finger Lakes, North Country, Southern Tier

New NY Broadband Program Phase 3

Phase 3 of the New NY Broadband Program was completed in 2018. It accepted applications for the New NY Broadband Program and its award recipients have already been announced. Here is the full list of phase 3 awardees:

Internet Provider Phase 3 Awardees Areas That They Will Be Served
Armstrong Telecommunications Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Western NY
Clarity Fiber Solutions Central NY, Southern Tier
DTC Cable Inc. Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier
Frontier Communications Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Southern Tier
Gtel Teleconnections Capital Region
Haefele TV Inc. Central NY, Southern Tier
Hudson Valley Wireless Capital Region, Mohawk Valley
Hughes Network Systems, LLC Capital Region, Central NY, Finger Lakes, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Southern Tier, Western NY
Mid-Hudson Data Corp. Capital Region
Middleburgh Telephone Company Capital Region
MTC Cable Capital Region, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier
Otsego Electric Cooperative Mohawk Valley
Slic Network Solutions Capital Region, North Country
TDS Telecom North Country
Verizon Communications Capital Region, Central NY, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Southern Tier
Windstream New York Western NY

 

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