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Number of Wireline Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 1.6%
3.5%
1 8.2%
9.6%
2 1.5%
31.2%
3 85.7%
38.1%
4 3.1%
13.2%
5 0.0%
3.0%
6 0.0%
0.9%
7 0.0%
0.3%
8+ 0.0%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 1.2%
0.2%
1 3.2%
1.1%
2 6.3%
3.7%
3 11.6%
7.0%
4 77.7%
25.9%
5 0.0%
27.5%
6 0.0%
19.5%
7 0.0%
7.2%
8+ 0.0%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 86.2%
89.5%
Fiber 0.2%
20.5%
Cable 93.2%
87.6%
Wireless 92.7%
99.0%
Other 0.0%
0.0%
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Speed Percent Population   Nationwide
Unreported 0.0%
0.0%
Download > 0.768 Mbps, Upload > 0.2 Mbps 99.9%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 99.9%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)
Number of Tests  
Home 37
1.7 Median Speed: 3.1 mbps Median Speed: 3.1 mbps 9.0
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 1
8.4 Median Speed: 8.4 mbps Median Speed: 8.4 mbps 8.4
Medium/Large Business 0
Median Speed:  mbps
Small Business 1
1.0 Median Speed: 1.0 mbps Median Speed: 1.0 mbps 1.0
Mobile 76
0.5 Median Speed: 1.2 mbps Median Speed: 1.2 mbps 4.2
Other 0
Median Speed:  mbps
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
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0 9.0
Community
Anchor Institutions
Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 13 0 0 13 0
University, College, other post-secondary 2 2 0 0 0
Libraries 2 1 0 1 0
Medical / Healthcare 2 1 0 1 0
Public Safety 7 0 0 7 0
Community Centers - Government support 9 0 0 9 0
Community Centers - Non-Government support 0 0 0 0 0
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Speeds provided *
CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP Kentucky State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
Commonwealth of Kentucky … State Data and Development $5,302,717
Infrastructure
City of Williamstown, Ken… Deployment of Broadband to Corinth, Ky., and Ot… $535,308
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
Public Computer Centers
Boat People SOS, Inc. Neighborhood Empowerment and Support through Te… $392,000
Kentucky Arts, Education … Kentucky Public Library PCC Workforce Opportuni… $1,349,826
Louisville-Jefferson Coun… Metro Louisville Public Library Computing Cente… $743,741
Sustainable Adoption
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
One Community Connect Your Community $1,327,235
One Economy Corporation 21st Century Information and Support Ecosystem:… $28,519,482
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BIP Kentucky State Funding Summary
Applicant Name Grant Request Loan Request Total Request
Round 1
Mountain Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporatio… $38,281,044 $39,843,535 $78,124,579
North Central Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $0 $0 $0
Round 2
Wildblue Communications $19,533,444 $0 $19,533,444
Hughes Network Systems $58,777,306 $0 $58,777,306
Foothills Rural Telephone Cooperative, Corporat… $14,680,738 $6,291,744 $20,972,482
Highland Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $14,461,393 $4,820,464 $19,281,857
Leslie County Telephone Company $6,169,295 $0 $6,169,295
Mikrotec CATV, LLC $829,813 $0 $829,813
Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp, Inc. $17,859,928 $7,654,254 $25,514,182
Salem Telephone Company $1,934,474 $0 $1,934,474
Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Incorporated $5,185,932 $2,222,542 $7,408,474
Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative Corporation $0 $0 $0
West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative Corpo… $42,710,999 $42,711,001 $85,422,000
Windstream Corporation $27,644,292 $0 $27,644,292
Windstream Corporation $31,118,534 $0 $31,118,534
Sacenet $7,530,000 $0 $7,530,000
Windstream Corporation $951,445 $0 $951,445
Echostar XI Operating LLC $14,159,250 $0 $14,159,250
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 278
Population 23,621
Housing Units 10,241
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 3.6%
5.2%
5 - 19 16.3%
20.5%
20 - 34 23.2%
19.8%
35 - 59 35.6%
33.6%
60+ 21.3%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 98.2%
70.5%
Black 1.0%
11.3%
Hispanic 0.6%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.2%
4.0%
Native American 0.0%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $35,553 $58,283
Poverty rate 28.3%
15.8%
Below $25k 41.6%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 29.8%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 27.4%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 7.4%
16.5%
$200k or more 1.7%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate
72.4%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher
24.5%
24.8%
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