Federal Funds to Assist in Broadband Expansion for Miller, Camden Counties

Residents in five regional counties are expected to benefit from legislation providing funding for improved access to broadband. Missouri will receive $60 million out of $600 million being distributed nationwide. Gascosage Electric Cooperative will use a $7 million loan and a $7 million grant to develop a fiber network for its most rural areas. That will allow them to offer service to 20 pre-subscribed farms, 20 businesses, two fire protection districts, and over 1100 households in Camden, Miller, Maries, Phelps, and Pulaski counties.