The City of Jamestown, N.Y., a public power community, is a recipient of funds through New York’s ConnectALL Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program for a broadband infrastructure project.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently announced over $140 million in awards from the ConnectALL Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program to expand broadband infrastructure throughout Central New York, the Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Mid-Hudson and Western New York regions.
The City of Jamestown and EntryPoint Networks Inc. will receive $29.9 million. The City of Jamestown is partnering with EntryPoint Networks and Quanta Telecommunication Services to build an open-access fiber network to serve all 14,447 homes and businesses served by the Jamestown public power utility.
The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities will own and operate the infrastructure, with EntryPoint Networks providing telecom equipment and software and Quanta managing design and construction.
Along with lowering consumer costs and enhancing network performance and reliability, “the network will drive economic opportunity, improve education outcomes for children in Jamestown, and advance health care and general well-being for the entire town,” a news release from Hochul’s office said.
The grants announced on Nov. 13 build on previous awards, bringing the program’s total to $214.7 million. Altogether, the program now supports over 2,000 miles of broadband infrastructure, reaching more than 87,000 homes and businesses statewide.
