Project Title:
Bridgeport Indian Colony Tribal Broadband Project
Funding Program:
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
Project Purpose/Type:
The proposed Planning, Engineering, Feasibility, and Sustainability Studies project will fund environmental assessments, design and engineering, and acquisition of materials to create a FTTH last mile network to the 25 Native American households on the Bridgeport Indian Colony reservation, as well as to support the community’s administrative resources. The project will provide the Bridgeport Indian Colony with its own last mile infrastructure capable of supporting up to 10 gigabits and the planned service will provide speeds of 1 gigabit.
State(s):
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$355,153.32Funding Amount
The project proposes the following activities designed to improve access to, and use of, broadband services among Tribal members:
- Conduct environmental assessments.
- Engage in design, engineering, mapping, and planning of a long-term, underground broadband network.
- Acquire materials such as fiber optic cable, conduit, utility boxes, and fiber optic service wire.
A “shovel-ready” project designed and vetted for future Broadband Infrastructure Deployment to provide the Bridgeport Indian Colony with its own last mile infrastructure capable of supporting up to 10 gigabits.
The project intends to benefit 52 Tribal members across 25 housing units and the community’s administrative resources on the Bridgeport Indian Colony reservation.