FOCUS Broadband Connects Thousands of Rural Homes and Businesses in Chowan and Perquimans Counties (NC)

FOCUS Broadband has announced that high-speed internet service is now available to more than 7,000 addresses in Chowan and Perquimans counties (NC), with additional addresses coming soon. Residents and businesses in rural areas of both counties may now take advantage of fiber optic broadband service with speeds up to 5 Gig, enabling them to work and learn remotely, access telehealth services, and more. FOCUS Broadband began its efforts to bring high-speed internet to Chowan and Perquimans counties nearly five years ago by partnering with administrations from both counties to pursue funding through broadband expansion programs. In 2022, the company was awarded $8 million in grant funds from the North Carolina Department of Information Technology Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology Grant program to bring fiber optic broadband service to more than 3,600 addresses in Chowan and Perquimans counties. Building on that success, FOCUS Broadband received an additional $7.2 million in GREAT Grant funding in 2023 to extend service to an additional 1,700 addresses across both counties.