Fwd: Help Clarke County win a grant for universal broadband.....today please

[Paz Andrae]

I received this email from Terri Catlett, Clarke County Supervisor who asked me to share this with the membership.

Paz

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From: Terri Catlett <tcat...@clarkecounty.gov>
Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:11 PM
Subject: Help Clarke County win a grant for universal broadband.....today please
To: <thean...@gmail.co

Dear Paz,

Please forward this information to BRMCA and friends. The County needs help identifying unserved locations and needs to hear back from residents in the next day or two.!! Thank you all for spreading the word.

Clarke County recently applied for a state grant to achieve universal fiber-to-the-home broadband to unserved locations in the County.

 

Because state grants are only available in areas that are “unserved” by broadband, as part of the planning effort a list of unserved locations was submitted to the state agency that determines whether broadband service is available.  

 

Several incumbent providers - including Comcast, Winchester Wireless, and Shentel - have challenged the list of unserved locations in the County by claiming to offer broadband service within areas proposed for grant funding.  

 

We need your help to make sure that your home or business in the County that is unserved by broadband is included in the project area for the grant.  Please take a few minutes to complete the survey at the link below to verify whether or not your location has broadband access today.  

 

https://allpointsbroadband.com/clarke/

 

Without adequate survey responses from you and your neighbors, your area may be excluded from the broadband grant project. Please take five minutes to complete the survey to the best of your ability.

 

Thank you.

Terri T Catlett

Clarke County Board of Supervisor

Millwood District