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Name of Rural Development Program: Broadband Initiatives Program

Project Name: Orchard Farm Telephone Co. Broadband project to serve rural unserved establishments

Applicant Name: Orchard Farm Telephone Co.

Project Location: Eastern Missouri

Benefits: Last Mile Broadband Infrastructure

Number of Jobs: 16 Created or Retained

Project Tracking and Transparency

• Orchard Farm First Quarter 2012 MoBroadband Project Tracking
• NO DATA SUBMITTED BY PROVIDER AS REQUESTED FOR 2011 QUARTER THREE

ARRA Funds

• Loan $ 0

• Grant $ 604,794   Recovery.gov Orchard Farm Telephone Grant Award Summary

• Total $ 604,794

Website:  http://www.tdstelecom.com/

Background and Historical Data
Orchard Farm Telephone Co., a subsidiary of TDS Telecom, proposes a project to bring high-speed DSL broadband service to unserved establishments within its rural service territory, which is comparable to the DSL service provided in its more populated areas. The network is also engineered so that it can be easily upgraded at a reasonable cost to meet future needs.