$88M Arkansas Broadband Grant Draws Scrutiny Over Provider's Viability

$88M Arkansas Broadband Grant Draws Scrutiny Over Provider's Viability

A proposed $88 million broadband grant to Berryville-based Hometown Internet LLC has sparked criticism from a competing provider and engineers, who questioned the company’s financial capacity to deliver, according to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. At a legislative hearing Monday, NATCO and a broadband expert raised concerns that Hometown lacks sufficient capital and may have underbid, risking project failure. The grant, part of the federal BEAD …