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Projects in more than a dozen counties supported by the Oklahoma Broadband Office and Resound Networks have officially been launched in May.

By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities

A slate of projects that will provide access to over 5,200 homes and businesses in Oklahoma have officially begun, according to the Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO).

The projects, twenty in total, are funded by at least $21.1 million in federal grants and $18.5 million in matching contributions from Resound, the OBO announced earlier this month.

The office said the projects will use a combination of fiber and fixed-wireless access (FWA) technology, according to the OBO.

Work on the projects began in the community of Lone Wolf, located in Oklahoma’s Kiowa County, the OBO announced earlier this month.

Counties where work will commence include Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Jackson, Kiowa, Lincoln, Major, Marshall, Noble, Nowata, Pontotoc, Roger Mills, Stephens, and Washita, the office’s May 2 release stated.

Mike Sanders, the executive director of the OBO, said the beginning of work marks “the foundation of opportunity, growth, and connection in every corner of Oklahoma.”

His comments, included with the OBO’s release, continued.

“With each mile of broadband service we extend, we’re not just closing a digital gap; we’re igniting a future where our communities thrive, and prosperity abounds,” Sanders said.

The work is part of the more than $750 million that has been committed to broadband buildouts in the state, according to the OBO.

Tyson Curtis, the CEO of Resound Networks, said the commencement of work in Lone Wolf, a rural community of less than 1,000 residents, “is more than just the start of a construction project.”

“It’s a promise to the people of Oklahoma that we’re here to deliver reliable, high-speed internet where it’s needed most,” Curtis said.

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