Windstream applies for $238 million from feds for rural broadband | Arkansas News

Windstream has applied for $238 million in federal stimulus grants to expand broadband availability and offer faster Internet speeds to more than half a million homes and businesses in rural areas in 16 states.

The Little Rock-based rural telecom would provide $80 million in funding under the grant applications submitted to the Broadband Initiatives Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS). The total cost of the proposed project would be approximately $318 million...