Chickasaw Nation

The project proposes the following activities designed to improve access to, and use of, broadband services among Tribal members:

• Construct a 2,832-mile middle and last-mile aerial fiber network to connect 1,372 unserved Native American households, 224 unserved Tribal businesses, and 16 unserved community anchor institutions to qualifying service ranging from 100 Mbps symmetrical to 1000 Mbps symmetrical.
• Outfit 39 existing towers and vertical sites (23 fiber-fed; 16 microwave-fed) with radio equipment to provide 2.5 GHz fixed wireless to 1,412 unserved Native American households at speeds ranging from 25/3 Mbps to 100/10 Mbps.
• Procure and install subscriber routers and field network equipment.