WOW! gets $2.4M grant to expand rural Alabama fiber footprint
WOW! Internet, TV & Phone has accepted a $2.39 million grant through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) program to extend its fiber network to serve nearly a thousand homes in Houston and Henry Counties in southeastern Alabama.
These funds add to WOW!'s contribution of $1.02 million, for a total investment of $3.41 million.
Alabama’s ADECA program positively impacts Alabama communities through partnerships, grant programs, and services to spur community and economic development and enhance quality of life.
This grant will allow WOW! to primarily target underserved areas that can benefit from additional broadband options. In southeastern Alabama, WOW! currently serves the communities of Headland in Henry County and Dothan in Houston County.
"We thank ADECA for this generous grant to complement WOW!'s investment in the area as we look to offer more Alabama residents and businesses dependable options to meet their array of broadband needs, particularly in areas that currently have a lack of reliable and high-speed options," said Teresa Elder, CEO of WOW!.
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Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove.
