PERHAM, Minn. (KDLM) — Arvig has announced they will invest $19.9 million in construction projects to improve internet access and upgrade networks in seven rural Minnesota areas this year.
Arvig is entering the sixth year of a 10-year commitment to use its share of funding from the FCC’s Alternative Connect America Cost Model (ACAM) to build and improve internet networks in rural areas.
This year, crews will service the rural areas of Audubon, Morgan, Parkers Prairie, Perham, Red Del, Vesta and Walnut Grove. When construction is complete in late fall 2022, residents in these areas will have access to internet speeds up to 1 Gigabit per second, as well as television and phone service.
In January 2017, Arvig elected to accept a share of ACAM funding for the next 10 years and will work to systematically build out services to census blocks that have been identified by the FCC.