Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

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

Install 303 miles of aerial and underground fiber.
Deploy middle mile fiber to connect 927 unserved Tribal households with a 2.5 GHz licensed LTE wireless network.
Deploy last mile fiber network connecting 35 unserved Tribal businesses and 22 unserved Tribal community anchor institutions.
Construct a Network Operations Center, 1 tower, and 20 remote population locations.
Create 3 new IT jobs to maintain and service the system.

This project will:

Provide affordable, high-speed, reliable, and future-proofed Internet access to Tribal households with a minimum speed of 30/5 Mbps, to businesses with an average speed of 100 Mbps, and to anchor institutions with an average speed of 1 Gbps.
Open opportunities for telehealth care services, online educational opportunities, workforce development, telecommuting, and digital and financial literacy.
Provide an increased level of public safety.
Support cultural preservation.
Encourage Tribal residents and businesses to adopt emerging smart technologies.
Establish a CSKT Tribe-owned broadband Internet service accessible to all Native households, businesses, and anchor institutions on the Reservation.
Remove the affordability barrier and be 100% carrier-neutral.

The project intends to benefit Tribal residents, business owners, and anchor institutions such as schools, health care facilities, public safety facilities, and agricultural facilities.

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Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program

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Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

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Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program