TDS applies for broadband stimulus funding to serve the North Fork

After months of anticipation and weeks of hard work and application preparation, TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDSTM) submitted 13 applications for broadband funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The company applied to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for funding to expand broadband services to thousands of unserved, rural customers in nine states, including customers at Delta County Tele-Com in Crawford, Hotchkiss, Paonia and Somerset.

"TDS is optimistic our success record with the Rural Utility Service (the USDA department administering the funds) and our demonstrated abilities to deploy broadband quickly will help us secure the funding," says Andrew Petersen, director of external affairs and communications for TDS Telecommunications Corp...