SVEC internet receives $17M federal grant award

Rapid Fiber one of first ReConnect awards in Florida.

  • Crews have been busy connecting Suwanee Valley Electric Cooperative members to fiber internet through Rapid Fiber Internet since last summer. The project received a $17 million federal grant to help construct the system in portions of Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee counties. (COURTESY)
    Crews have been busy connecting Suwanee Valley Electric Cooperative members to fiber internet through Rapid Fiber Internet since last summer. The project received a $17 million federal grant to help construct the system in portions of Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee counties. (COURTESY)
LIVE OAK — Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative’s plans to connect its consumers to high-speed internet continues to get powered by grant funding. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture…

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