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Arthur Burt works in a Kinetic by Windstream truck in Oglethorpe County earlier this month. Kinetic workers are installing optical fiber in Crawford and Lexington. (DINK NESMITH/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Arthur Burt works in a Kinetic by Windstream truck in Oglethorpe County earlier this month. Kinetic workers are installing optical fiber in Crawford and Lexington. (DINK NESMITH/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Broadband installation slowly expanding

Julianne Akers
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Broadband internet installation in Oglethorpe County — deriving from the $7.9 million in funds Spectrum received in January — is in the “very early stages of engineering,” said Oglethorpe County District 4 Commissioner Will Brown, who is chair of the county’s Economic Development Authority.
Access to broadband graphic by Emily Garcia

Access to broadband graphic by Emily Garcia

County eligible for new broadband funding

Jalen Beckford
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Oglethorpe County is back in the broadband funding game.   The county is one of 33 Georgia counties eligible to apply for grants with the announcement of a newly secured $250 million in American Rescue Plan investments to improve and expand broadband across the state.

Grant could bring broadband to county

Maddie Brechtel
Thursday, November 25, 2021
The Oglethorpe County Economic Development Authority recently applied for $20 million in federal funds to build out broadband. The authority partnered with Kinetic by Windstream, which is the primary provider of telephone service in the county.