Monday, June 07, 2010
Madison Telephone LLC to Provide USDA-Funded Broadband Service to 200 Square Miles in Southeast Kansas Thanks to the Recovery Act
From the USDA blog:
Mary Meyer, who began working for the Madison Telephone LLC in Kansas for the first generation owners, is now working with the third generation to prepare them to take over the company upon her retirement...when this USDA funded Broadband project is complete.
Mary said, “If President Obama was to show up on my door step, I would give him the biggest hug and kiss on his check because we are so thankful and happy we will be able to use the Recovery Act funds to bring broadband service to Southeast Kansas and our customers, now and in the future.”
There is excitement in Mary’s voice when she talks about the USDA loan and grant for the Madison-Lamont Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) Project which will provide service to the telephone exchanges of Madison and Lamont in Kansas. Madison Telephone will match the award with almost three quarters of a million dollars in private investment.
Read more about the Madison project at the USDA Blog
