Virginia broadband cooperative receives $15 million in broadband stimulus | Telecompetitor

The latest recipient of broadband stimulus funding – the MidAtlantic Broadband Cooperative (MBC). MBC is a member owned cooperative that operates a fiber network in rural southwestern Virginia. MBC received $15 million in grants out of $20 million that were announced today for projects in Virginia.

MBC intends to use the funding to add 465 miles of new fiber that will directly connect 121 K-12 schools in Southern Virginia to an existing 800-mile fiber high-speed network. According to MBC’s grant application, this funding will improve “connection speeds for these schools from 1.5 Mbps to at least10 Mbps...”