MARQUETTE, MI— The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding funding to expand high-speed internet in the U.P.
Upper Peninsula Telephone Company will receive a $ 34,532,301 grant to connect 1,625 people, 69 farms, 40 businesses, and two educational facilities to high-speed internet in Dickinson, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, and Ontonagon counties.
The Baraga Telephone Company will receive a $3,302,981 loan to connect 362 people, four farms, and two businesses to high-speed internet in Houghton County.
The funds were made possible by the USDA’s Rural Development Broadband ReConnect Program.
