Welcome to the Rural Development Telecommunications
Program
USDA Rural Development continues
to provide many programs for financing rural America's
telecommunications infrastructure. The Traditional
Telephone Loan program consists of hardship, cost
of money, and guaranteed loans that finance voice
telephone service. Since 1995, every telephone line
this program has constructed has also been capable
of providing broadband service using digital subscriber
loop (DSL) technology.
The Broadband Access Loan
program provides loans for funding the costs of construction,
improvement, and acquisition of facilities to provide
broadband service to eligible rural communities. The
Distance Learning and Telemedicine program continues
its charge of bringing electronic educational resources
to rural schools and improving health care delivery
in rural America. Lastly, the Community Connect Grant
program provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants that will provide currently unserved areas
with broadband service that fosters economic growth
and public safety services.
Based on a survey of Rural
Development's traditional telephone loan program borrowers
conducted in October 2006, approximately 92% of these
borrowers are providing high-speed Internet service
("broadband") to all of the telephone exchanges
in their service territories.
New: Sign Up for A DLT Grant WEBINAR!
Register for our DLT Webinar on January 28, 2009. This webinar includes information about he program, its eligibility requirements and will provide an overview of how to apply for a DLT grant. The webinar is free and open to the public but you must register to participate. Registration
2009 Open Grant Programs
Distance Learning and Telemedicine
Digital Transition Grant
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