Triangle Communications to expand broadband access in rural Montana

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a nearly $40 million loan to a local telephone cooperative to improve broadband access to rural Montana residents.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced in a press release Thursday that Triangle Communications http://www.itstriangle.com/ was one of the businesses or organizations in 11 states awarded a total of $247.9 million to help fund rural broadband telecommunications projects.

That project will set 64 miles of new fiber and copper cable to connect premises to broadband access in Triangle’s Dodson, Harlem, Malta and White Sulphur Springs telephone exchanges.

Tim Leeds

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