In total, rounds one through four of the Next Level Connections Broadband program have awarded over $328 million across 88 counties to provide broadband access to more than 102,000 homes and commercial locations. A map marking all four rounds can be found here.
- Round 4
Next Level Connections Round 4 awarded over $81 million to fund 50 broadband projects, expanding broadband access to more than 34,000 homes, businesses, and community anchor institutions. A map marking Round 4 awards can be found here.
- To view the full list of NLC Round 4 awarded applicants, click here.
- Round 3
Control Number Applicant Name County/Counties Addresses State Cost Provider Match Total Investment 2021-0037 AT&T Clinton, Grant, Hendricks, Miami, St. Joseph 390 $529,949.64 $529,949.64 $1,059,899.29 2021-0040 AT&T Morgan 300 $457,118.38 $457,118.38 $914,236.76 2021-0041 AT&T Lawrence 189 $793,582.74 $198,395.76 $991,978.49 2021-0042 AT&T Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Warren 915 $1,679,846.76 $1,679,846.76 $3,359,693.52 2021-0043 AT&T Bartholomew, Johnson, Owen 17 $118,344.65 $29,586.19 $147,930.85 2021-0053 Bloomingdale Home Telephone Company Parke 33 $349,127.17 $297,530.75 $646,657.92 2021-0013 Clay County RTC Montgomery, Putnam 211 $636,000.00 $954,000.00 $1,590,000.00 2021-0014 Clay County RTC Montgomery, Putnam 26 $315,146.90 $210,097.93 $525,244.83 2021-0017 Clay County RTC Putnam 73 $272,100.39 $181,400.26 $453,500.65 2021-0015 Comcast Hendricks 217 $0.00 $998,356.00 $998,356.00 2021-0045 Comcast Morgan 106 $25,444.00 $483,429.00 $508,873.00 2021-0046 Comcast Morgan 110 $0.00 $636,251.00 $636,251.00 2021-0060 Comcast Marshall, Starke 1,352 $918,283.61 $4,373,712.10 $5,291,995.71 2021-0100 Comcast Carroll 260 $1,620,670.04 $1,620,670.04 $3,241,340.07 2021-0109 Comcast Porter 67 $127,999.00 $227,554.00 $355,553.00 2021-0140 Comcast LaPorte 156 $241,239.09 $588,210.83 $829,449.92 2021-0192 Comcast Carroll, Cass 603 $1,378,082.49 $5,512,331.95 $6,890,414.44 2021-0211 Comcast Jennings 285 $1,524,314.01 $653,277.18 $2,177,591.19 2021-0213 Comcast Montgomery 1,258 $0.00 $2,660,742.00 $2,660,742.00 2021-0218 Comcast Delaware 722 $669,890.00 $2,009,671.00 $2,679,561.00 2021-0220 Comcast Fayette, Hamilton, Johnson 717 $1,053,910.44 $2,459,123.04 $3,513,033.49 2021-0231 Comcast Allen, Huntington 1,012 $2,814,868.53 $4,222,302.29 $7,037,170.82 2021-0234 Comcast Bartholomew 681 $1,193,483.36 $3,580,450.09 $4,773,933.46 2021-0238 Comcast Hendricks, Wayne 648 $721,006.00 $2,163,018.00 $2,884,024.00 2021-0241 Comcast Madison 651 $461,223.58 $1,383,670.73 $1,844,894.30 2021-0242 Comcast Morgan 1,178 $818,413.50 $2,455,239.51 $3,273,653.02 2021-0257 Echo Wireless Knox 964 $2,419,670.00 $604,850.00 $3,024,520.00 2021-0048 Frontier Elkhart 54 $199,835.14 $1,132,399.71 $1,332,234.86 2021-0049 Frontier Franklin 360 $1,343,066.42 $1,343,067.37 $2,686,133.79 2021-0051 Frontier Noble 20 $63,305.36 $117,567.27 $180,872.64 2021-0052 Frontier Allen 21 $543,695.00 $135,923.00 $679,618.00 2021-0125 Heartland REMC Huntington 1,304 $4,865,671.64 $30,197,974.58 $35,063,646.22 2021-0126 Heartland REMC Huntington, Miami, Wabash 2,232 $4,651,938.31 $28,515,003.00 $33,166,941.31 2021-0127 Heartland REMC Allen, Grant, Huntington, Wells 916 $3,829,431.44 $13,621,763.25 $17,451,194.69 2021-0032 Jackson County REMC Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Washington 731 $1,888,692.01 $2,022,751.27 $3,911,443.28 2021-0105 Jasper County REMC Jasper, Pulaski 760 $3,170,324.91 $3,170,324.91 $6,340,649.82 2021-0106 Jasper County REMC Jasper, Newton 286 $3,816,926.44 $2,544,617.63 $6,361,544.07 2021-0107 Jasper County REMC Jasper, Pulaski, Starke 890 $2,530,943.24 $3,796,414.86 $6,327,358.10 2021-0108 Jasper County REMC Jasper, Newton 482 $3,086,725.25 $2,057,816.83 $5,144,542.08 2021-0084 Johnson County REMC Johnson 4 $71,358.00 $75,000.00 $146,358.00 2021-0085 Johnson County REMC Johnson 25 $235,253.00 $250,000.00 $485,253.00 2021-0119 Joink Clay 43 $1,725,644.00 $1,001,348.00 $2,726,992.00 2021-0120 Joink Vermillion 107 $3,019,514.24 $1,022,276.02 $4,041,790.26 2021-0121 Joink Parke 38 $3,024,816.49 $790,052.26 $3,814,868.75 2021-0122 Joink Sullivan 36 $1,295,044.00 $460,610.00 $1,755,654.00 2021-0123 Joink Vigo 18 $1,120,423.00 $280,106.00 $1,400,529.00 2021-0124 Kosciusko Connect Fulton, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley 1,291 $2,055,779.48 $2,055,779.48 $4,111,558.96 2021-0018 LigTel Communications Noble, Whitley 1,340 $3,935,520.04 $2,623,680.03 $6,559,200.07 2021-0020 LigTel Communications Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley 1,137 $4,955,228.20 $3,303,485.80 $8,258,714.00 2021-0023 LigTel Communications Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley 681 $2,652,877.44 $1,768,584.96 $4,421,462.40 2021-0246 Mainstream Fiber Network Bartholomew 101 $2,327,860.02 $2,327,859.22 $4,655,719.25 2021-0247 Mainstream Fiber Network Bartholomew 60 $595,238.10 $867,354.17 $1,462,592.26 2021-0248 Mainstream Fiber Network Benton 13 $203,104.00 $203,106.00 $406,210.00 2021-0252 Mainstream Fiber Network Gibson 118 $861,872.99 $861,775.82 $1,723,648.81 2021-0254 Mainstream Fiber Network Pike 147 $1,799,942.00 $1,799,944.00 $3,599,886.00 2021-0255 Mainstream Fiber Network Posey 200 $1,847,165.17 $1,844,181.09 $3,691,346.27 2021-0061 Marshall County Fiber Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke 226 $126,297.82 $584,591.99 $710,889.81 2021-0062 Marshall County Fiber Marshall, Starke 755 $613,188.63 $1,323,712.60 $1,936,901.23 2021-0063 Marshall County Fiber Marshall 384 $248,945.85 $560,999.53 $809,945.38 2021-0187 Mercury Wireless Jasper, LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke 300 $1,192,216.22 $596,108.11 $1,788,324.32 2021-0184 Miami-Cass REMC Carroll, Cass, Miami, White 410 $1,988,473.04 $497,118.03 $2,485,591.07 2021-0185 Miami-Cass REMC White 584 $2,094,984.00 $523,746.00 $2,618,730.00 2021-0186 Miami-Cass REMC Carroll, Cass 372 $1,805,014.88 $451,253.61 $2,256,268.49 2021-0024 Miles Communications Franklin 47 $197,645.00 $197,645.00 $395,290.00 2021-0025 Miles Communications Decatur, Franklin, Ripley 149 $2,399,110.35 $599,777.59 $2,998,887.94 2021-0028 Miles Communications Bartholomew 128 $706,820.72 $471,213.81 $1,178,034.53 2021-0029 Miles Communications Ripley 267 $2,284,580.00 $979,106.00 $3,263,686.00 2021-0030 Miles Communications Franklin 11 $82,030.00 $35,156.00 $117,186.00 2021-0099 Mulberry Telephone Company Carroll, Clinton 123 $1,433,271.80 $1,433,271.80 $2,866,543.60 2021-0082 New Lisbon Broadband Henry 21 $46,336.00 $25,259.00 $71,595.00 2021-0083 New Lisbon Broadband Henry 7 $75,519.00 $21,160.00 $96,679.00 2021-0072 NITCO Jasper 4 $169,112.00 $56,369.00 $225,481.00 2021-0078 NITCO Newton 10 $112,901.00 $37,632.00 $150,533.00 2021-0080 NITCO Jasper 144 $315,666.00 $315,666.00 $631,332.00 2021-0141 Orange County REMC Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Pike 421 $1,337,344.97 $5,212,792.61 $6,550,137.58 2021-0151 Orange County REMC Dubois 60 $0.00 $229,128.38 $229,128.38 2021-0168 Orange County REMC Dubois 170 $0.00 $658,140.65 $658,140.65 2021-0033 Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative Dubois, Pike, Warrick 39 $663,204.96 $663,204.96 $1,326,409.91 2021-0035 Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative Perry 238 $3,465,339.27 $3,465,339.27 $6,930,678.54 2021-0054 RTC Communication Corperation Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Tippecanoe 457 $1,792,805.75 $768,345.32 $2,561,151.07 2021-0055 RTC Communication Corperation Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall 655 $2,211,741.48 $1,474,494.32 $3,686,235.80 2021-0056 RTC Communication Corperation Cass, Fulton, Miami 1,011 $2,679,769.70 $1,786,513.13 $4,466,282.84 2021-0057 RTC Communication Corperation Cass, Fulton 1,165 $4,052,655.90 $2,701,770.60 $6,754,426.51 2021-0058 RTC Communication Corperation Fulton, Pulaski 777 $2,239,088.84 $1,492,725.89 $3,731,814.73 2021-0059 RTC Communication Corperation Fulton, Pulaski 370 $1,757,260.98 $467,519.38 $2,224,780.36 2021-0044 South Central Indiana REMC Owen 65 $720,000.00 $180,000.00 $900,000.00 2021-0047 South Central Indiana REMC Owen 303 $960,000.00 $640,000.00 $1,600,000.00 2021-0197 Southeastern Indiana REMC Ohio, Switzerland 1,011 $3,733,403.00 $3,885,787.00 $7,619,190.00 2021-0198 Southeastern Indiana REMC Franklin, Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland 310 $1,512,220.74 $1,573,943.53 $3,086,164.26 2021-0199 Southeastern Indiana REMC Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland 317 $3,052,676.39 $1,371,491.87 $4,424,168.26 2021-0146 Spectrum Mid-America Boone 264 $1,261,639.78 $1,261,639.78 $2,523,279.57 2021-0147 Spectrum Mid-America Clark 349 $1,303,514.11 $1,955,270.28 $3,258,784.39 2021-0148 Spectrum Mid-America Clay 228 $2,431,854.62 $1,215,696.00 $3,647,550.62 2021-0149 Spectrum Mid-America Clark 508 $1,580,668.14 $2,371,001.79 $3,951,669.93 2021-0150 Spectrum Mid-America Floyd 66 $429,352.00 $252,000.00 $681,352.00 2021-0152 Spectrum Mid-America Fountain 589 $2,436,094.61 $2,436,094.61 $4,872,189.21 2021-0153 Spectrum Mid-America Fountain 629 $2,555,043.31 $2,555,043.31 $5,110,086.62 2021-0154 Spectrum Mid-America Fountain 581 $2,381,979.66 $2,381,979.66 $4,763,959.32 2021-0155 Spectrum Mid-America Franklin 773 $3,923,182.72 $1,159,500.00 $5,082,682.72 2021-0156 Spectrum Mid-America Hamilton 23 $162,419.66 $57,500.00 $219,919.66 2021-0159 Spectrum Mid-America Jefferson 567 $1,176,690.07 $2,745,609.99 $3,922,300.06 2021-0160 Spectrum Mid-America Grant 18 $140,527.64 $35,136.00 $175,663.64 2021-0162 Spectrum Mid-America Gibson 128 $677,682.58 $256,000.00 $933,682.58 2021-0163 Spectrum Mid-America Pike 49 $188,733.04 $73,500.00 $262,233.04 2021-0164 Spectrum Mid-America Montgomery 107 $650,884.61 $245,030.00 $895,914.61 2021-0166 Spectrum Mid-America Scott 101 $405,560.39 $405,560.39 $811,120.77 2021-0169 Spectrum Mid-America Union 49 $571,828.28 $144,158.00 $715,986.28 2021-0171 Spectrum Mid-America Warrick 103 $235,084.28 $309,000.00 $544,084.28 2021-0174 Spectrum Mid-America Wayne 91 $533,069.98 $136,500.00 $669,569.98 2021-0177 Spectrum Mid-America Washington 35 $260,120.52 $79,310.00 $339,430.52 2021-0181 Spectrum Mid-America Harrison 98 $517,311.22 $147,000.00 $664,311.22 2021-0074 Surf Broadband Solutions LaPorte, St. Joseph, Starke 953 $4,467,648.03 $2,007,203.61 $6,474,851.64 2021-0077 Surf Broadband Solutions Newton 90 $668,416.00 $167,104.00 $835,520.00 2021-0116 Surf Broadband Solutions Elkhart 503 $939,300.00 $1,408,451.00 $2,347,751.00 2021-0102 Swayzee Telephone Company Clinton 250 $1,920,391.00 $480,097.75 $2,400,488.74 2021-0103 Swayzee Telephone Company Boone, Clinton 319 $4,259,430.22 $1,064,857.55 $5,324,287.77 2021-0087 Tipmont REMC Tippecanoe, White 173 $563,102.00 $563,102.00 $1,126,204.00 2021-0088 Tipmont REMC Tippecanoe 285 $1,100,764.00 $1,100,764.00 $2,201,528.00 2021-0089 Tipmont REMC Tippecanoe, White 353 $1,187,806.00 $1,187,806.00 $2,375,612.00 2021-0091 Tipmont REMC Fountain, Montgomery 82 $225,613.68 $225,613.68 $451,227.36 2021-0092 Tipmont REMC Tippecanoe 45 $191,549.00 $191,549.00 $383,098.00 46,276 $168,273,795.05 $215,261,612.35 $383,535,407.40 - Round 2
In total, rounds one and two of the program have awarded more than $79 million for 41 counties to provide broadband infrastructure to more than 21,900 homes and commercial locations.
This second round of funding will provide broadband infrastructure to more than 10,590 homes and commercial locations across 32 counties. A map marking both rounds one and two can be found here.
The following applicants will provide broadband service in unserved areas throughout Indiana in the second round:
- Central Indiana Communications (2020-0110)
Henry County
In partnership with Henry County Rural Electric Membership Corporation, this project will serve 70 unserved households and 10 businesses. The requested grant amount is $361,711, with a local match of more than $194,767, for a total project cost of $556,478. - Comcast (2020-0043)
Montgomery County
This project will serve 210 unserved homes in the Town of Darlington in Montgomery County. The requested grant amount is $673,155, with a local match of $174,171, for a total project cost of $847,326. - Eastern Indiana WIFI (2020-0027)
Grant County
This project will serve 12 households and one anchor institution in eastern Grant County. The requested grant amount is $31,983, with a local match of $8,502 for a total project cost of $40,485. - Eastern Indiana WIFI (2020-0028)
Grant County
This project will serve 103 households and 28 businesses in Monroe and Jefferson Townships in Grant County. The requested grant amount is $251,756, with a local match of $66,922, for a total project cost of $318,678. - Endeavor Communications (2020-0048)
Hendricks County
This project will serve roughly 138 unserved locations near the town of Danville in Hendricks County. The requested grant amount is $851,085, with a local match of $438,438, for a total project cost of more than $1.28 million. - Jackson County Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0001)
Jennings County
This project will serve 163 locations in three Jennings County communitites: City of North Vernon, City of Seymour, and Scipio (unincorporated community). The requested grant amount is $239,309, with a local match of $358,964, for a total project cost of $598,273. - Jackson County Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0002)
Jennings County
This project will serve 118 locations in the City of North Vernon in Jennings County. The requested grant amount is $192,273, with a local match of $288,407, for a total project cost of $480,680. - Joink (2020-0067)
Parke County
This project will serve approximately 73 unserved households and businesses in Parke County. The requested grant amount is $351,002, with a local match of $87,750, for a total project cost of $438,752. - Joink (2020-0070)
Parke County
This project will serve approximately 26 households in Parke County. The requested grant amount is $284,172, with a local match of $71,043, for a total project cost of $355,215. - Joink (2020-0072)
Parke County
This project will connect approximately 18 unserved households in Washington Township in Parke County. The requested grant amount is $298,081, with a local match of $74,520, for a total project cost of $372,601. - Joink (2020-0074)
Vermillion County
This project will serve 22 households and one business in South East Cayuga in Vermillion County. The requested grant amount is $252,979, with a local match of $63,245, for a total project cost of $316,224. - Joink (2020-0075)
Vigo County
This project will serve three households around West Concannon Avenue in Vigo County. The requested grant amount is $135,155, with a local match of $33,789, for a total project cost of $168,944. - Joink (2020-0075)
Vigo County
This project will serve 36 unserved households around French Lake, on the southside of Vigo County. The requested grant amount is $338,642, with a local match of $84,660, for a total project cost of $423,302. - Joink (2020-0065)
Vigo County
This project will serve 18 unserved households and businesses in Blackhawk, which is on the south side of Vigo County. The requested grant amount is $263,402, with a local match of $65,851, for a total project cost of $329,253. - Johnson County Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0060)
Morgan County
This project will connect 37 households and three businesses in eastern Morgan County. The requested grant amount is $68,193, with a local match of $108,932, for a total project cost of $177,125. - Lakeland Internet (2020-0031)
Steuben County
This project will serve 40 households in Pine Canyon Lake. The requested grant amount is $30,830, with a local match of $34,874, for a total project cost of $65,704. - Orange County Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0111)
Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties
This project will serve 84 households, 13 farms and two businesses in Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties. The requested grant amount is $809,441, with a local match of more than $1.07 million, for a total project cost of more than $1.88 million. - Orange County Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0112)
Lawrence and Orange Counties
This project will serve 123 households, 18 farms and three businesses across two counties. The requested grant amount is $702,967, with a local match of more than $1.64 million, for a total project cost of more than $2.34 million. - Orange County Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0116)
Orange and Dubois Counties
This project will connect seven households, six businesses and two anchor institutions in portions of Orange and Dubois Counties. The requested grant amount is $680,993, with a local match of $417,382, for a total project cost of more than $1.09 million. - New Lisbon Broadband and Communications (2020-0088)
Henry County
This project will serve six unserved residences in the south-central Henry County. The requested grant amount is $10,649, with a local match of $16,657, for a total project cost of $27,306. - Mainstream Fiber Networks (2020-0107)
Crawford County
This project will connect roughly 1,041 unserved households, 128 businesses and 25 anchor institutions in Crawford County. The requested grant amount is more than $3.06 million, with a local match of more than $2.71 million, for a total project cost of more than $5.77 million. - Mainstream Fiber Networks (2020-0103)
Posey County
This project will serve roughly 678 unserved households, 32 businesses and eight anchor institutions in Posey County. The requested grant amount is more than $3.31 million, with a local match of more than $2.94 million, for a total project cost of more than $6.25 million. - Mercury Wireless (2020-0064)
Allen, Dekalb, and Whitley Counties
This project will connect 130 households and five businesses in portions of Allen, DeKalb and Whitley Counties. The requested grant amount is $110,040, with a local match of $348,460, for a total project cost of $458,500. - Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (2020-0094)
Dubois County
This project will serve 679 unserved locations in Dubois County. The requested grant amount is $5 million, with a local match of more than $2.81 million, for a total project cost of more than $7.81 million. - South Central Indiana Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0003)
Brown, Monroe, and Owen Counties
This project will serve 420 households and four businesses in Brown, Monroe and Owen Counties. The requested grant amount is more than $1.89 million, with a local match of more than $1.89 million, for a total project cost of more than $3.78 million. - South Central Indiana Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0004)
Owen County
This project will connect 217 unserved locations in Freedom, an unincorporated community, located southwest of the City of Spencer. The requested grant amount is $866,580, with a local match of $446,420, for a total project cost of more than $1.31 million. - SEI Communications (2020-0029)
Dearborn County
This project will serve five households, one business and three anchor institutions in Dearborn County. The requested grant amount is $439,560, with a local match of $226,440, for a total project cost of $666,000. - SEI Communications (2020-0025)
Dearborn, Franklin, and Ripley Counties
In partnership with Southeastern Indiana Rural Electric Membership Corporation, this project will serve 447 households, 58 businesses, and 55 anchor institutions in Ripley, Franklin and Dearborn Counties. The requested grant amount is more than $3.21 million, with a local match of more than $4.83 million, for a total project cost of more than $8.04 million. - SEI Communications (2020-0022)
Dearborn, Jefferson, Jennings, and Ripley Counties
In partnership with Southeastern Indiana REMC, this project will provide service to 2,263 households, 199 business and 24 anchor institutions in Ripley, Jennings, and a small portion of Jefferson Counties. The requested grant amount is $5 million, with a local match of more than $8.4 million, for a total project cost of more than $13.4 million. - SEI Communications (2020-0023)
Dearborn, Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, and Switzerland Counties
In partnership with Southeastern Indiana REMC, this project will serve 522 households, 27 businesses and eight anchor institutions in Switzerland, Jennings, and small portions of Jefferson, Ohio, and Dearborn Counties. The requested grant amount is more than $4.34 million, with a local match of more than $6.51 million, for a total project cost of more than $10.85 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0037)
Clinton and Tippecanoe Counties
This project will serve 150 unserved households, 12 farms/businesses and one anchor institution in Clinton and Tippecanoe Counties. The requested grant amount is $814,985, with a local match of $814,985, for a total project cost of more than $1.62 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0038)
Clinton County
This project will serve 163 unserved households and 34 farms/businesses in Clinton County. The requested grant amount is $1.16 million, with a local match of more than $1.16 million, for a total project cost of more than $2.33 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0006)
Fountain County
This project will serve 434 unserved households, 24 farms/businesses and three anchor institutions in Fountain County. The requested grant amount is more than $1.73 million, with a local match of more than $1.73 million, for a total project cost of more than $3.47 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0008)
Fountain County
This project will serve 75 unserved households, 35 farms/businesses and three anchor institutions in Fountain County. The requested grant amount is more than $1.25 million, with a local match of $1.25 million, for a total project cost of more than $2.50 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0005)
Fountain County
This project will serve 167 unserved households, 21 farms/businesses and one anchor institution in Fountain County. The requested grant amount is more than $1.01 million, with a local match of $1.01 million, for a total project cost of more than $2.02 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0007)
Fountain County
This project will serve 16 unserved households, five farms/businesses and one anchor institution in Fountain County. The requested grant amount is $880,418, with a local match of $880,418, for a total project cost of more than $1.76 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0015)
Montgomery County
This project will serve 39 unserved households and 10 farms/businesses in Montgomery County. The requested grant amount is $673,956, with a local match of $673,956, for a total project cost of more than $1.34 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0011)
Fountain and Montgomery Counties
This project will serve 58 unserved households and 17 farms/businesses in Fountain and Montgomery Counties. The requested grant amount is $722,034, with a local match of $722,034, for a total project cost of more than $1.44 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0010)
Fountain and Montgomery Counties
This project will serve 65 unserved households, 19 farms/businesses and one anchor institution in Fountain and Montgomery counties. The requested grant amount is $821,969, with a local match of $821,969, for a total project cost of more than $1.64 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0034)
Fountain and Tippecanoe Counties
This project will serve 203 unserved households, 57 farms/businesses and one anchor institution in Fountain and Tippecanoe Counties. The requested grant amount is more than $1.34 million, with a local match of more than $1.34 million, for a total project cost of more than $2.68 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0035)
Fountain and Tippecanoe Counties
This project will serve 298 unserved households, 19 farms/businesses and one anchor institution in Fountain and Tippecanoe Counties. The requested grant amount is more than $1.29 million, with a local match of more than $1.29 million, for a total project cost of more than $2.59 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0036)
Tippecanoe County
This project will serve 30 unserved households and three farms/businesses in Tippecanoe County. The requested grant amount is $546,303, with a local match of $546,303, for a total project cost of more than $1.09 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0039)
Tippecanoe, Montgomery and Clinton Counties
This project will serve 39 unserved households, four farms/businesses and three anchor institutions in Tippecanoe, Montgomery, and Clinton Counties. The requested grant amount is $981,803, with a local match of $981,803 for a total project cost of more than $1.96 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0012)
Fountain County
This project will serve 23 unserved households and five farms/businesses in Fountain County. The requested grant amount is $566,822, with a local match of $566,822, for a total project cost of more than $1.13 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0017)
Montgomery County
This project will serve nine unserved households, seven farms/businesses and one anchor institution in Montgomery County. The requested grant amount is $394,033, with a local match of $394,033, for a total project cost of $788,066. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0016)
Montgomery County
This project will serve 28 unserved households and five farms/businesses in Montgomery County. The requested grant amount is $617,400, with a local match of $617,400, for a total project cost of more than $1.23 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0009)
Montgomery County
This project will serve 12 unserved households and two farms/businesses in Montgomery County. The requested grant amount is $400,694, with a local match of $400,694, for a total project cost of $801,388. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0041)
Tippecanoe and White Counties
This project will serve nine unserved households, six farms/businesses and five anchor institutions in Tippecanoe and White Counties. The requested grant amount is $737,613, with a local match of $737,613, for a total project cost of more than $1.47 million. - Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation (2020-0018)
Montgomery County
This project will serve 12 unserved households and two farms/businesses in Montgomery County. The requested grant amount is $439,186, with a local match of $439,186, for a total project cost of $878,372.
Click here to view a list of all Round 2 funded census blocks. - Central Indiana Communications (2020-0110)
- Round 1
The first round of funding awarded $28.41 million to 14 projects, for a total investment of $51.68 million. The total first round funding will provide broadband infrastructure to more than 11,324 homes and commercial locations in 18 counties: Bartholomew, Benton, Brown, Clark, Floyd, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe, Noble, Perry, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Washington, and Wayne.
November
- Jackson County REMC
Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe, Scott and Washington counties
This project will serve approximately 1,050 unserved households, 25 unserved businesses and eight anchor institutions in Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe, Scott and Washington counties. The requested grant amount is nearly $1.3 million with a local match of nearly $4 million for a total project cost of nearly $5.2 million. - Mainstream Fiber Networks, LLC
Benton County
This project will serve approximately 2,435 unserved households and 554 unserved businesses in Benton County. The requested grant amount is more than $3 million with a local match of nearly $3.2 million for a total project cost of more than $6.2 million. - Mainstream Fiber Networks, LLC
Floyd County
This project will serve approximately 2,084 unserved households and 389 unserved businesses in Floyd County. The requested grant amount is more than $2 million with a local match of more than $2.1 million for a total project cost of more than $4.1 million.- Click here to view the November award maps.
August
- Miles Communication Corporation
Enhancing Broadband in Southeastern Indiana – SBJ Area Application, Bartholomew, Jennings and Shelby counties
This project will serve approximately 366 unserved households and 135 unserved businesses, in primarily rural portions of Bartholomew, Jennings and Shelby counties in southeastern Indiana. The requested grant amount is $2.8 million with a local match of $2.9 million, for a total project cost of more than $5.7 million. - Washington County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Next Level Grant Application – Starlight, IN, Clark and Floyd counties
This project will serve approximately 334 unserved households, four unserved businesses and one unserved community anchor institution in primarily rural portions of southwest Clark County and northern Floyd County. The requested grant amount is more than $2.8 million with a local match of more than $754,000, for a total project cost of more than $3.6 million. - Smithville Communications, Inc.
Sharpsville NW Fiber-to-the-Home Project, Howard and Tipton counties
This project will serve 127 unserved households in northern Tipton County, northwest of the Town of Tipton in Liberty and Prairie Townships and Howard County in Harrison and Taylor Townships. The requested grant amount is $250,000 with a local match of nearly $756,000 for a total project cost of more than $1 million. - Smithville Communications, Inc.
Monroe County Fiber-to-the-Home Project, Monroe County
This project will serve 21 unserved households in northeastern Monroe County, northeast of the Town of Ellettsville in Bean Blossom and Bloomington Townships. The requested grant amount is $137,000 with a local match of more than $413,000, for a total project cost of more than $550,000. - LigTel Communications
Noble County Broadband Improvement Phase 1, Noble County
This project will serve 83 unserved households and 12 unserved businesses in the rural towns of Brimfield and Merriam in Noble County. The requested grant amount is almost $442,000 with a local match of more than $117,000 for a total project cost of nearly $559,000. - Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Perry County
This project will serve approximately 357 unserved households and 39 unserved businesses in rural portions of southern Perry County. The requested grant amount is almost $1.5 million with a local match of more than $396,000, for a total project cost of almost $1.9 million. - Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Spencer County – Unserved Towns Project, Spencer County
This project will serve approximately 1,578 unserved households and 176 unserved businesses in primarily rural portions of Spencer County. The requested grant amount is $5 million with a local match of more than $6 million for a total project cost of more than $11 million. - Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Spencer County
This project will serve approximately 747 unserved households and 187 unserved businesses in Spencer County. The requested grant amount is nearly $5 million with a local match of more than $1.3 million, for a total project cost of more than $6.3 million. - Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Spencer County
This project will serve approximately 473 unserved households and 53 unserved businesses in Spencer County. The requested grant amount is nearly $3.5 million with a local match of nearly $919,000 for a total project cost of nearly $4.4 million. - Tipmont REMC
Tipmont REMC-Tippecanoe County-Jackson HWY/ W 350 N, Tippecanoe County
The project will serve 27 unserved households and three unserved businesses in northwestern Tippecanoe County to include portions of Shelby Township. The requested grant amount is more than $444,000 with a local match is more than $118,000 for a total project cost of more than $562,000. - New Lisbon Broadband and Communications, LLC
Fiber Optic Cable Placement in the Whitewater Community, Wayne County
The project will provide reliable broadband service to 82 unserved households in Wayne County. New Lisbon Broadband will place middle mile fiber cable east from US 27 along Wallace Road to the Whitewater Community. The requested grant amount is nearly $260,000 with a local match of more than $270,000, for a total project cost of more than $530,000.- Click here to view the August award maps.
- Click here to view a list of all the funded census blocks.
Press releases:
- Gov. Holcomb announces more than $22 million for broadband expansion - August 8, 2019
- Gov. Holcomb announces additional $6.3 million in Next Level Broadband grants - November 21, 2019
- Jackson County REMC
Grant Overview
Indiana invested $350 million toward improving broadband access and adoption in Indiana. The Next Level Connections Broadband Grant Program is designed to provide funds for the deployment of broadband infrastructure to provide eligible broadband service to unserved end users, which include households, businesses and community anchor institutions, such as schools and health clinics, across Indiana.
Eligible Entities
- Indiana Broadband Providers serving at least 100 subscribers for at least three years in Indiana are eligible for this program. Applicants that do not meet these requirements must then meet one of the following:
- Be a corporation organized under IC 8-1-13;
- Be a corporation organized under IC 23-17 that is an electric cooperative; or
- Be a cooperative that has at least one member that is a corporation organized under 8-1-13.
Eligible registered Indiana Broadband Providers can submit project areas that commit to bringing high-speed, terrestrial broadband at more than 100/20 in areas where there is currently less than 100 Mbps. Projects can be funded for up to $5 million.
Eligible Projects
- Priority of funding will be given to projects that provide symmetrical speeds of 100/100 or more to as many locations as possible per ARPA funding guidelines. Also, projects that include providing 1 gig connections to schools and/or rural health facilities will receive priority of funding if part of an eligible project.
Eligible Activities
- Eligible broadband project expenses are terrestrial capital expenses directly related to a qualified broadband project, including design, engineering, permitting, construction of “last mile” infrastructure expenses and validation of service expenses. Last mile is defined as the final leg connecting a broadband service provider’s network to the end-user customer’s on-site telecommunication equipment. Middle mile expenses are eligible for grant funding only when they are necessary for the provision of the last mile services. Maintenance or operating expenses related to the project do not qualify as eligible activities.
Eligible Project Area
- Specific addresses in Indiana that lack broadband coverage (less than actual speeds of 100 Mbps downstream); areas that lack quality, reliable access to fixed terrestrial broadband; and areas with compelling need.
Match Requirement
- All grant requests require a minimum 20% match.
Questions
Questions about this program and application? Email NLC@ocra.in.gov .