FACT SHEET: Socket Broadband Stimulus Project

Socket was awarded $23.7 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to build a fiber-optic network in rural Callaway County and parts of Fulton, Mo.

$16.6 million grant
$7.1 million loan

The project will serve 3,033 premises.

2,728 homes
269 businesses
36 critical community institutions

An estimated 525 jobs will be created as a result of the project.

65 direct area jobs

20 local direct Socket jobs
45 local contract labor jobs

460 indirect jobs, including

348 construction and engineering jobs
112 indirect jobs in other categories

The project will allow Socket to deliver local telephone, high-definition television and high-speed Internet up to 20 Mbps to area residents and businesses.

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ATTENTION REPORTERS:

View updates, maps and more details of this project at www.socket.net/fiber.