Fox Fiber Launches Kendall Broadband Plan for 15,000 Sites With $46 Million in Bonds and Grants
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Updated · Shaw Local News Network · May 31
Fox Fiber Launches Kendall Broadband Plan for 15,000 Sites With $46 Million in Bonds and Grants
1 articles · Updated · Shaw Local News Network · May 31
Summary
Fox Fiber has formally launched the Kendall County Broadband Initiative, a community-owned fiber and wireless network aimed at about 15,000 homes, businesses, farms and public institutions in unserved and underserved areas.
The rollout starts with a first phase passing roughly 4,700 addresses in Lisbon, Millbrook, Millington, Montgomery, Newark, Oswego, Plattville and Yorkville.
About $31 million in tax-exempt bonds and a $15 million Illinois Office of Broadband grant will fund the buildout, which organizers said will add no tax burden on residents and instead be sustained by network revenue.
The launch also folds NewarkNet into Fox Fiber and advances a project the county backed last September, when Kendall County selected Denver-based Pivot-Tech Development as its construction partner.
County officials and Pivot-Tech are framing the effort as locally governed infrastructure that could become a model for other communities seeking broadband service where private providers have fallen short.