As a requirement of Public Act 166 of 2020 – Section 841, the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) shall make initial grant award recommendations. Within 30 days after the award recommendations have been made, DTMB shall publish on its website the freedom of information act redacted grant applications, the proposed geographic broadband service area, and the proposed broadband service speeds for each application that receives an award recommendation. Before granting a final award to any applicant, DTMB shall establish a period of at least 60 days from the date the award recommendations are published on the department’s website, during which time the department will accept comments or objections concerning each application. DTMB shall consider all comments or objections received in deciding whether an applicant is eligible for a grant. DTMB will be accepting comments and objections to the initial grant award recommendations from March 5, 2021 through May 5, 2021.
APPLICANT |
PROJECT NAME |
GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA |
PROPOSED BROADBAND SERVICE SPEEDS |
---|---|---|---|
Ace Telephone |
Wexford |
2.4 Gbps/1.2 Gbps |
|
Agri-Valley Services |
Gladwin, Clare |
50 Mbps/3 Mbps |
|
Air Advantage |
Akron |
Tuscola |
1 Gbps / 1 Gbps |
Air Advantage |
Deford |
Tuscola |
1 Gbps / 1 Gbps |
Charter Spectrum |
Kent |
940 Mbps /35 Mbps |
|
Charter Spectrum |
Allegan |
940 Mbps/35 Mbps |
|
Charter Spectrum |
Shiawassee |
940 Mbps/35 Mbps |
|
Charter Spectrum |
Gladwin |
940 Mbps/35 Mbps |
|
Charter Spectrum |
Ogemaw |
940 Mbps/35 Mbps |
|
Charter Spectrum |
Grand Traverse |
940 Mbps/35 Mbps |
|
Charter Spectrum |
Cheboygan |
940 Mbps/35 Mbps |
|
Charter Spectrum |
Ottawa |
940 Mbps/35 Mbps |
|
Comcast |
Kent |
2 Gbps/2 Gbps |
|
Comcast |
Kent |
2 Gbps/2 Gbps |
|
Comcast |
Washtenaw |
2 Gbps/2 Gbps |
|
Duke Broadband |
St. Clair |
1000 Mbps/100 Mbps |
|
Duke Broadband |
St. Clair |
1000 Mbps/100 Mbps |
|
LakeNet |
Saginaw |
1000 Mbps/500 Mbps |
|
LakeNet |
Saginaw |
1000 Mbps/500 Mbps |
|
Mercury Wireless |
Barry, Kalamazoo |
1000 Mbps/500 Mbps |
|
Springport Telephone |
Calhoun, Jackson |
500 Mbps/500 Mbps |
|
Springport Telephone |
Jackson |
500 Mbps/500 Mbps |
Areas shown on the map identify the geographic service area of the proposals included in the initial grant recommendations by census block and do not identify the specific service routes or partial census block areas proposed by these projects.