Pioneer Telephone Launches $878,000 Fiber Expansion in Oklahoma

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative launched its first two projects in rural Oklahoma, the state Broadband Office announced Friday (see 2503250035). The projects, totaling $878,000, were funded by the Department of Treasury's Capital Projects Fund and will connect 86 homes and businesses with fiber. A third infrastructure expansion program will be awarded "in late summer," the Oklahoma Broadband Office said. "Today’s launch is about more than just laying fiber -- we’re laying the foundation of opportunity, growth and connection for the entire state of Oklahoma,” said Executive Director Mike Sanders. “Rural Oklahomans are no longer being left behind, and we’re getting it done one community at a time.”