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Windstream wants $238M from RUS for broadband, some of which will go to areas with cable service already. Windstream now tells me they will reach 160K-190K unserved, which means it's a reasonable project. Congress has said the stimulus should give priority to reaching the unserved, and RUS administrator Jonathan Adelstein echoes that sentiment (as I do.) When it became clear round 1 of the stimulus did very, very little for the unserved, Adelstein and Strickling of NTIA were castigated by the Congressional committee, both Democrats and Republicans.

     A senior FCC official in August told me "I've given up on the stimulus having any effect." Adelstein responded by changing the rules to emphasize reaching the unserved, http://bit.ly/c0l2DI   Strickling instead moved $3B into an amorphous pool called "middle mile" with rules so slack he could fund almost anything he pleases.  I've looked at all the public application to Strickling and there simply aren't $3B in projects that are worth spending money on. I therefore applauded when Congress pulled back $800M from the broadband stimulus, although I continue to strongly support government funding where it's really needed.

    39 companies, including Time Warner and Comcast, filed objections with RUS that they serve areas Windstream wanted subsidized. When I asked Windstream for how many "unserved" they reached, the answer was "We don't have a breakdown of how many unserved homes will be reached," and also refused to let me see anything in their application except an uninformative summary. When companies don't answer reasonable questions - like are you meeting the primary goal of your project? - I have to go with what I have.

Nor would RUS provide any data on whether this project reached the unserved.

        I spent the July 4th weekend intensively researching Windstream and wrote the article below under the title "Windstream: Say No! to our RUS Grant." It turned out Windstream VP Frank Schueneman had spoken out when NTIA funded a competitor to them, the notorious North Georgia project I've referred to the NTIA Inspector General.  What I found suggests that without a subsidy, Windstream could and should do more to serve their customers. They are currently running with capex 30-40% lower than depreciation, close to the bare minimum to keep the system running. The capex gap is about half a billion, more than enough to cover costs of broadband if regulators had courage and competence. They are using the cash temporarily saved to maintain one of the highest dividends on the stock exchange, 9.4%. In 2009, their dividend was $100M higher than their earnings.

      I sent the article to them and RUS for factchecking because $238M of government spending is involved. With the article in hand, Windstream choose to provide the figure for "unserved," 160-190K.  That implies the cost of reaching the unserved is about $2K/home, high but not out of the ballpark for rural territories. I therefore recommend the project be funded after a careful review of the budget.

In particular, I urge RUS and Windstream to go over the maps and find a way to stretch the $238M to reach 96-98% of Windstream homes, not 93-94%.  That could be done by re-allocating part of the money from currently served territories to the unserved. In going over the details with me, Schueneman made clear he understands the ways DSL can be extended further, including mini-DSLAMs, small pedestals, pole-mounting, and bonding. With guidance from RUS, I think he can reach more homes.
      Alternately, I hope RUS goes closely over the proposal with an eye to saving public money. The rules specify that RUS should give priority to projects asking less than 75% grants, a powerful lever to negotiate the grant percentage down. (This is even more important in the larger Qwest application. Both are reasonable projects, but according to the publicly available data many of the subsidies could be reduced 30-60% and the companies would still have a good deal.)
      The odds are good that Windstream will upgrade the areas where they have competition even without funds, so Congress was right to make that a low priority. In practice, the fiber and other investments for the unserved will lower Windstream's cost of improving service in their current areas, making upgrades even more likely. 

     Here's the original article, based on Windstream not indicating they were reaching many of the unserved. The new 160K to 190K figure refutes my thought  Windstream is apparently not planning to reach many [unserved.] I've also appended all the individual Windstream application summaries.

    There's a second error in the below that I would have corrected before publication, and thanks to B. for pointing it out. The stimulus legislation has a sensible provision that the government not give money to projects the companies would likely do on their own. Since I believe telcos will likely upgrade most areas with cable competition, that would have made a project that is mostly a cable overbuild actually illegal. However, the "but for" rules only apply to the NTIA grants, not RUS. I hope some D.C. reporter tracks down why they make that exception.

Windstream: Say No! to our RUS Grant

Windstream's Frank Schueneman, vice president of regulatory policy, is very clear about why Jonathan Adelstein should just say no to Windstream's $238M request. A huge portion of the money would go to areas that already can get cable service at higher speeds than Windstream intends to offer. Very little will be spent on broadband for the unserved. "Windstream has hired every lobbyist in town," I hear, and Adelstein will have a hard time doing what he should.

      Schueneman has a strong opinion on projects like what his company is proposing. "It doesn't sound reasonable that a competitor would get tax dollars to compete. It's not an issue of getting broadband to people who don't have it -- that's probably a good goal for our country. But this is essentially an overbuilding of an existing, capable network ... that we made millions and millions of dollars of investment in," he told Grant Gross of IDG about the North Georgia project. North Georgia was a mistake, with contradictions in their claims that should have led Larry Strickling to freeze the project funds. Not merely was most of it overbuilding territory that Windstream was already serving with 12 megabits, the price tag was as much as ten times as high as similar fiber builds elsewhere. I've referred North Georgia to the NTIA Inspector General although I haven't heard about any followup.

      Windstream apparently decided they wanted to get in to the action. They have extraordinary access to RUS. Windstream's chief lobbyist, Eric Einhorn, was an aide to RUS Administrator Adelstein. He worked closely with Adelstein's recent chief of staff, Lisa Zaina. Zaina herself represented Frontier as recently as 2007 as executive of ITTA.

Before Jonathan lured her back into government, she represented the wireless association. I assume she has recused herself from matters involving the companies she represented at ITTA, but haven't found any record of that.

       Although the stimulus is designed to reach unserved homes, Windstream is apparently not planning to reach many. (above - not so)  "We don't have a breakdown of how many unserved homes will be reached." That's surprising, because they were required to submit maps clearly delimiting unserved areas as part of their application. In addition, any company like Windstream has pretty darn accurate maps of where they have competition. That they are holding back that information strongly suggests to me they are not reaching the unserved. 

     At least 6 cable companies have filed with RUS they serve some of the proposed areas, including Comcast, Cox, and Time Warner. All generally offer higher speeds than the 6-12 maximum (no average cited) that Windstream wants to get paid to offer. I count a total of 39 carriers who have filed objections on the applications below. Windstream's own trade association, ITTA, in November, insisted "the second round of BTOP and BIP funding should be focused on bringing broadband service to unserved areas."

     It's almost certainly illegal for Jonathan to approve the funding because the legislation requires certification that the projects would not otherwise be built. (above, not so) Windstream's Einhorn in an official filing in November spoke of their plans for "broadband deployment."  Now, Windstream declares in their application they would not do any more deployment without a huge subsidy. CEO Jeff Gardner's testimony to the Senate includes a claim that any increased deployment would require a subsidy. Mistakes like that cost him credibility.   

     Windstream and nearly all telcos plan to eventually cover with DSL or fiber nearly all the areas in which they compete with cable because they are losing all their customers there. The churn is often 15% per annum where cable offers modems and telcos don't. Frontier's Steven Crosby describes the strategy of a similar telco. "We want to have the service available to sell to as many people as possible. That's our business. We expect to continue increasing our coverage as technology gets better and capital is available."

      Windstream is currently running with capex 30-40% lower than depreciation, close to the bare minimum to keep the system running. They are using the cash temporarily saved to maintain one of the highest dividends on the stock exchange, 9.4%. In 2009, their dividend was $100M higher than their earnings.  A capital squeeze is the actual cause of the high number of homes without DSL, especially because many will be profitable. Government loans may well be appropriate, but grants would be a giveaway.

       One of the most important findings of the broadband plan was that less than 1/2 of 1% of U.S. homes were prohibitively expensive to reach. Windstream's rural territories might well have 2-4% of homes impractically expensive and needing a subsidy.  Windstream's CEO testified to Congress 10% of their territory needed a subsidy. He estimated reaching all of Windstream's customers with broadband would cost $1.5B to $2B. That's an amazing change from their FCC filing the year before "it would cost $250 to $400 million to deploy broadband to reach the approximately 15 percent of its customers who currently do not have access to its broadband," and only partly explained by raising the floor to 4 megabits.
     Windstream filed objections to other carriers' proposals in at least four territories because Windstream  offers some service. Sounds good. 

Here are the grants they've asked for in different areas.

Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 54 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5261
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Arkansas, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Arkansas
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$7,285,202.00
$0.00
$2,428,401.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 4,900 homes
and 339 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Elkins AR 12 Cox Communications, Inc.
Harrison 741 AR 6 Cox Communications, Inc.
Mulberry AR 9 Cox Communications, Inc.
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 55 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5279
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream New York, Inc 26
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: New York, Pennsylvania
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$855,901.00
$0.00
$285,300.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 570 homes and
8 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
BEMUS POINT NY 5A Time Warner Cable
CLYMER NY Time Warner Cable
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 56 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5281
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream New York, Inc 46
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: New York
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$463,295.00
$0.00
$154,431.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 1,500 homes
and 29 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
CENTRAL SQUARE NY Time Warner Cable
FULTON NY 5 Time Warner Cable
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 57 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5284
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Western Reserve, Inc
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Ohio, West Virginia
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$2,377,148.00
$0.00
$792,383.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 4,964 homes
and 475 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Ashtabula Worth OH Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Centerville OH Comcast Cable
Chardon OH Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Newbury OH Suddenlink Communications
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Wyman OH Time Warner Cable, Inc
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 58 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5286
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Ohio, Inc.
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Ohio
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$1,717,456.00
$0.00
$572,485.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 2,300 homes
and 30 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Delta OH Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Kenton OH 2 Watch Communications
Newark North OH 1C,1F Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Newark North OH 1D Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Newark North OH 1E Time Warner Cable, Inc.
St. Paris OH 9A Time Warner Cable Inc.
St. Paris OH 9C Time Warner Cable Inc
St. Paris OH 9F 9G Time Warner Cable Inc
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 59 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5287
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Valor Telecommunications of Texas 200
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Oklahoma
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$9,289,922.00
$0.00
$3,096,641.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 6,000 homes
and 380 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
BROKEN ARROW EAST OK 3 9 Cox Communications, Inc.
BROKEN ARROW SOUTH 3C 3D Cox Communications, Inc.
COWETA OK 1 3 6 9 Cox Communications, Inc.
MEEKER OK 6 Allegiance Communications
STROUD OK 9A 9B Central Cellular, LLC dba COTC Connections
Central Oklahoma Telephone Co.
TECUMSEH OK 3 6 7 9 Allegiance Communications
WAGONER OK 9 Suddenlink Communications
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 60 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5288
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Oklahoma, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Oklahoma
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$915,651.00
$0.00
$305,217.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 960 homes and
22 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
PIKE CITY OK 6 Wichita Online, Inc.
RATLIFF CITY OK 4 Wichita Online, Inc.
VELMA OK 2 Wichita Online, Inc.
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 61 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5289
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Oklahoma Windstream, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Oklahoma
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$2,279,598.00
$0.00
$759,867.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 1,700 homes
and 7 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 62 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5291
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Pennsylvania, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Ohio, Pennsylvania
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$20,497,604.00
$0.00
$6,832,536.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 31,600 homes
and 1,700 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Albion PA Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Brockway PA 3 6 Comcast Cable
Brookville PA 3 Comcast Cable
Brookville PA 9 Comcast Cable
Coalport PA Comcast Cable
Cochranton PA 4 Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
Conneaut Lake PA Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
Enon Valley PA Comcast Cable
Fredonia PA Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Fredonia PA 6 Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Guys Mills PA Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
Jamestown PA 10 Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
Jamestown PA 4 Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Kittanning PA Comcast Cable
Linesville PA 3 12 Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
Luthersburg PA Comcast Cable
Meadville PA 4 7 Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
Montgomery PA Comcast Cable
New Alexandria PA 9 Comcast Cable
New Alexandria PA 9C Comcast Cable
Ridgway PA 2 Comcast Cable
Ridgway PA 3 9 Comcast Cable
Rockland PA 3 Comcast Cable
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 63 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Service Area PNR Company Name
Rural Valley PA Comcast Cable
Saegertown PA Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
Sheakleyville PA Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
Sigel PA Comcast Cable
Strattanville PA Comcast Cable
Summerville PA Comcast Cable
Warriors Mark PA Comcast Cable
getwireless.net
Waynesburg PA Comcast Cable
Worthington PA 10 Comcast Cable
Worthington PA 11 Comcast Cable
Worthington PA 5 Comcast Cable
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 64 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5292
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream South Carolina, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: South Carolina
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$3,050,160.00
$0.00
$1,016,721.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 3,500 homes
and 286 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Cameron creston sc rt. 08d Time Warner Cable
Kershaw 3M, 3P, 3T AT&T
Lexington SC 04 Time Warner Cable
St. Matthew rte 1,3,6,7 Time Warner Cable
St. Matthews 05B, 05C, 06C AT&T
Time Warner Cable
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 65 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5293
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Texas Windstream, Inc.
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Texas
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$4,565,983.00
$0.00
$1,521,994.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 4,900 homes
and 190 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Acton TX Charter Communications, Inc.
Jab Wireless, Inc.
Cresson TX Jab Wireless, Inc.
Godley TX AT&T
Jab Wireless, Inc.
North Texas Broadband
Grandview TX 3 Jab Wireless, Inc.
TierOne Converged Networks
Grandview TX 9 Jab Wireless, Inc.
TierOne Converged Networks
Kopperl TX Jab Wireless, Inc.
Scurry TX Jab Wireless, Inc.
Tolar TX 5,6,9 Jab Wireless, Inc.
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 66 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5294
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Sugar Land, Inc.
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Texas
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$1,613,509.00
$0.00
$537,836.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 1,250 homes
and 139 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Waterwood Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 67 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5278
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Valor Telecommunications of Texas 310
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: New Mexico
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$2,273,847.00
$0.00
$757,950.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 4,000 homes
and 56 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Ruidoso NM 2C Baja Broadband
Ruidoso NM 2D Baja Broadband
Truth or Consequences NM 2 Baja Broadband
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 68 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5277
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Valor Telecommunications of Texas 300
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: New Mexico
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$775,362.00
$0.00
$258,455.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 284 homes and
8 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Hobbs Main NM 3A 3F Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc.
Hobbs North NM 41
Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc.
Hobbs North NM 41F
Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc.
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 69 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5275
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Nebraska, Inc
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Nebraska
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$5,459,907.00
$0.00
$1,819,969.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 4,700 homes
and 400 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
ASHLAND NE 3 Charter Communications, Inc.
Keyon Communications
BEATRICE NE 1 Charter Communications inc
EAGLE NE 6 9 Keyon Communications
HASTINGS NE 9 Charter Communications, Inc
Glenwood Telephone
LINCOLN LN8A Keyon Communications
LINCOLN LN8B 1A Keyon Communications
LINCOLN LN8B 6A Keyon Communications
LINCOLN LNC3 NE 9 Keyon Communications
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
MURRAY NE 9G Charter Communications, Inc.
PLATTSMOUTH NE 1 Charter Communications inc
YUTAN NE Keyon Communications
Qwest Corporation
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 70 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5274
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Concord Telephone, Inc
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: North Carolina
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$5,567,273.00
$0.00
$1,855,758.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 5,000 homes
and 226 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Albemarle 01E Time Warner Cable
albemarle 01F Time Warner Cable
Albemarle 03D Time Warner Cable
Albemarle 07B Time Warner Cable
Albemarle 07C Time Warner Cable
Albemarle 07D Time Warner Cable
Albemarle 07E Time Warner Cable
Albemarle 07F Time Warner Cable
Albemarle 08G Time Warner Cable
Albemarle RTE 3 & 4 Time Warner Cable
Badin 07A Time Warner Cable
Badin 08A Time Warner Cable
China Grove 05A Time Warner Cable
China Grove 08B Time Warner Cable
China Grove routes 1,9 Time Warner Cable
Concord 02G Time Warner Cable
Concord 02H Time Warner Cable
Concord 03G Time Warner Cable
Concord 03K Time Warner Cable
Concord 08J Time Warner Cable
Concord 09Y Time Warner Cable
Concord 09Z Time Warner Cable
Concord route 3J, 3H Time Warner Cable
Harrisburg 02C MULB Time Warner Cable
Kannapolis 01D Time Warner Cable
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 71 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Service Area PNR Company Name
Kannapolis 02E, F Time Warner Cable
Kannapolis 05C Time Warner Cable
Kannapolis 05D Time Warner Cable
Kannapolis 07E Time Warner Cable
Kannapolis 07F Time Warner Cable
Kannapolis 08E Time Warner Cable
Mt. Pleasant Rte 02C, 02D Time Warner Cable
New London 03A Time Warner Cable
New London 09F Time Warner Cable
New London 09G Time Warner Cable
New London Rte 01 Time Warner Cable
New London Rte 09D, 09E Time Warner Cable
Oakboro 06A Time Warner Cable
Oakboro 07B Time Warner Cable
Oakboro 07C Time Warner Cable
Oakboro 09F Time Warner Cable
Oakboro Rte 09D, 09E Time Warner Cable
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 72 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5262
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Florida, Inc
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Florida, Georgia
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$38,288,349.00
$0.00
$12,762,784.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 36,000 homes
and 4,400 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
ALACHUA FL. RT.15 Cox Communications, Inc.
BRANFORD FL. Comcast Cable
BROOKER FL RT6DA AT&T
Cox Communications, Inc.
CALLAHAN FL Comcast Cable
CALLAHAN FL RT 6BA Comcast Cable
CALLAHAN FL RT 6BB Comcast Cable
CALLAHAN FL RT 7 AT&T
Comcast Cable
CALLAHAN FL RT9 Comcast Cable
CRESCENT CITY FL AT&T
Florahome Fl AT&T
Comcast Cable
HASTING FL Comcast Cable
HIGH SPRINGS FL AT&T
HILLARD FL Comcast Cable
Interlachen FL Comcast Cable
LIVE OAK FL Comcast Cable
MCINTOSH FL AT&T
MELROSE AT&T
Comcast Cable
ORANGE SPRINGS FL AT&T
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 73 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5263
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Standard, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Georgia, North Carolina
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$6,940,375.00
$0.00
$2,313,458.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 9,000 homes
and 710 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 74 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5264
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Georgia, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Florida, Georgia
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$5,377,040.00
$0.00
$1,792,347.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 5,300 homes
and 345 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Cairo, GA rte 3 AT&T
Mediacom Communications Corporation
Homer, GA rte 3F,G AT&T
Ila, GA rte 4B, 6 AT&T
Union Point, GA rte 1,2,5,6,8 AT&T
Winterville, GA rte 2 Charter Communications, INC
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 75 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5265
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Georgia Communications, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Georgia
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$5,129,575.00
$0.00
$1,709,859.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 18,500 homes
and 2,000 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
CANTON GA Comcast Cable
DALTON MAIN GA RT3 Charter Communications, Inc.
ELLAVILLE GA Mediacom Communications Coproration
JASPER GA RT4F ETC Communications
JASPER GA RT4J ETC Communications
MANCHESTER GA AT&T
Charter Communications, Inc.
McRAE GA Mediacom Communications Coproration
MILLEDGEVILLE GA Charter Communications, Inc.
TOCCOA GA Northland Communications Corporation
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 76 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5266
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Georgia Windstream LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Georgia, North Carolina
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$4,665,116.00
$0.00
$1,555,038.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 4,000 homes
and 284 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
CLAYTON GA RT 2 H L Northland Communications Corporation
DILLARD GA RT3 G C Northland Communications Corporation
DILLARD GA RT4C 3F Northland Communications Corporation
NORTHSIDE GA RT 4 Charter Communications, Inc
THOMASTON GA RT 30 Charter Communications, Inc
THOMASTON GA RT 9 AT&T
Charter Communications, Inc.
THOMASTON GA RT 9B Charter Communications, Inc
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 77 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5260
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Alabama, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Alabama
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$264,087.00
$0.00
$88,029.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 150 homes that
otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 78 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5267
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Georgia Telephone, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Georgia
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$1,327,595.00
$0.00
$442,532.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 3,200 homes
and 500 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Blakely GA Rt 3J South Georgia Regional Information Technology Auth
BLAKELY GA RT3 South Georgia Regional Information Technology Auth
OCHLOCKNEE GA RT 2 AT&T
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 79 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5269
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Kentucky East, LLC 220
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Kentucky
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$31,118,534.00
$0.00
$10,372,845.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 100,000 homes
and 8,000 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Barbourville 02B NewWave
Barbourville 02H NewWave
Barbourville 02I NewWave
Barbourville Rte 02C,D,E NewWave
Barbourville Rte 05 NewWave
Bee Springs 02B,D,E.F.G Mediacom Communications Coproration
Brodhead 01A,B NewWave
East Bernstadt rte 4 NewWave
Eubanks KY 01 02 03 and 04 NewWave
FAUBUSH KY Duo County Telephone Cooperative
London 02B NewWave
London 02C, 02E, 02G, 02L NewWave
London 02F, 02H NewWave
London KY 01 and 02 NewWave
Manchester 02 and 03 NewWave
Manchester KY 01 and 05 NewWave
MT Vernon 01 and 02 NewWave
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
MT Vernon 03 and 04 NewWave
Oneida KY 2,3 NewWave
Oneida KY 4 NewWave
Oneida KY 5 NewWave
Science Hill KY 1,2 NewWave
Shopville, KY 2,3 NewWave
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 80 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Service Area PNR Company Name
Smiths Grove KY 12
Insight Communications
White Lily rte 2 NewWave Communications
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 81 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5270
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Kentucky West, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Kentucky
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$951,445.00
$0.00
$317,149.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 3,000 homes
that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Shephardsville, KY rte 2&3 Insight Communications
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 82 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5271
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Missouri, Inc.
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Arkansas, Missouri
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$10,328,319.00
$0.00
$3,442,774.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 4,300 homes
and 200 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Crocker MO 7 YHTI Internet
Dixon MO 9 YHTI Internet
Doniphan MO Boycom Cablevision Inc.
Iberia MO 9 YHTI Internet
Verona MO Suddenlink Communications
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 83 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5295
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Valor Telecommunications of Texas 400
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$36,267,244.00
$0.00
$12,089,081.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 145,000 homes
and 18,700 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Beckville TX 6 Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Brownfield TX Poka Lambro Telephone Cooperative
Colmesneil TX 9 Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Daingerfield TX Suddenlink Communications
Dalhart TX XIT Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Fairfield TX 12 Northland Communications Corporation
WiFi45
Fairfield TX 12H Northland Communications Corporation
WiFi45
Fritch TX 2 Cable One, Inc.
Fritch TX 9 Cable One, Inc.
Gary TX AT&T
Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Glen Rose TX Jab Wireless, Inc.
Haskell TX 1B Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative, inc.
Haskell TX 1C Keyon Communications
Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Hooks TX Cable One, Inc.
Hughes Springs TX 3 Suddenlink Communications
Joaquin TX AT&T
Karnack TX 3 Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Knox City TX Keyon Communications
Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Levelland TX Keyon Communications
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 84 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
LSeevrevlilcaen dA TreXa PNR Company Name
South Plains Telephone Cooperative
Lone Star TX 3 Etex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Lone Star TX 4 Suddenlink Communications
Maud TX Cable One, Inc.
New Boston TX Cable One, Inc.
Redwater TX 1 Cable One, Inc.
Redwater TX 1E Cable One, Inc.
Redwater TX 9 Cable One, Inc.
Riesel TX Time Warner Cable
Simms TX Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 2 Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 2G Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 3 Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 3H Cable One, Inc.
Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Texarkana TX 3O Cable One, Inc.
Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Texarkana TX 6 Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 6AE Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 6AF Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 9 Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 9AA Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 9AB Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana TX 9V Cable One, Inc.
Texarkana West TX 6Z Cable One, Inc.
Trinity TX Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Suddenlink Communications
Walnut Springs TX Jab Wireless, Inc.
Whitney Rt 6 Jab Wireless, Inc.
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 85 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5273
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream North Carolina, Inc
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: North Carolina
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$536,590.00
$0.00
$178,864.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 1,100 homes
and 250 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Granite Quarry rte 9 AT&T
Time Warner Cable
Wadesboro 01B Time Warner Cable
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 86 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5268
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Kentucky East, LLC 219
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Kentucky, Tennessee
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$27,644,292.00
$0.00
$9,214,764.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 115,000 homes
and 10,000 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
Berea, KY rte 2,4,5 Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Burnside, KY NewWave
Burnside, KY rte 1A NewWave
Burnside, KY rte 1C NewWave
Burnside, KY rte 1F NewWave
Burnside, KY rte 3A NewWave
Elizabethtown, KY rte 1 Comcast Cable
Elizabethtown, KY rte 1P Comcast Cable
Elizabethtown, KY rte 1Q Comcast Cable
Glasgow, KY rte 1 South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp.
South Central Telcom, LLC
Glasgow, KY rte 2B South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp.
South Central Telcom, LLC
Glasgow, KY rte 2C South C entral Rural telephone Cooperative Corp.
South Central Telcom, LLC
Greenup, KY rte 3 Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
West Virginia PCS Alliance LC dba NTELOS
Hazard, KY NewWave
Hazard, KY rte 3C NewWave
Hazard, KY rte 3T, 3S NewWave
Hazard, KY rte 4 NewWave
Hazard, KY rte 4 I,J NewWave
Hazard, KY rte 4C NewWave
Hazard, KY rte 4G NewWave
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 87 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Service Area PNR Company Name
Hustonville, KY rte 3 NewWave
Lebanon, KY rte 2C,PT
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Leitchfield, KY rte 13
Mediacom Communications Coproration
Liberty, KY rte 2,3 NewWave
Loretto, KY rte 1 Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Meads, KY rte 2 West Virginia PCS Alliance LC dba NTELOS
Monticello, KY rte 2,3,4 Norlight Inc. (also representing MWCTB)
Morehead, KY rte 1, 2 Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Morehead, KY rte 3 Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Morehead, KY rte 3B, 3A, 4A Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Morehead, KY rte 4 Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Russell, KY rte 3 Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Salt Lick, KY rte 2B Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Somerset, KY rte 2 NewWave
Somerset, KY rte 2M NewWave Communications
South Hardin, KY rte 1,2,3,4,6 Mediacom Communications Coproration
Tompkinsville, KY rte 14
Mediacom Communications Coproration
Versailles, KY rte 1,2 Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Broadband USA
Application Directory
Page 88 of 844
Applicant: WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
Application ID: 5272
Contact: JAMES THOMAS MEISTER
(501) 7485619
james.t.meister@windstream.com
Project Title: Windstream Mississippi, LLC
Program: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
Proposed Project Area: Mississippi
Project Type: Last Mile
Funding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
Grant Request:
Loan Request:
Other Funding:
$1,005,566.00
$0.00
$335,189.00
Status: Application Received
Description: Windstream provides digital phone, highspeed
Internet and highdefinition
video and
entertainment services to residential and business customers. In many of the rural areas
Windstream serves, the cost of broadband deployment is prohibitive. The proposed project will
allow Windstream to extend its broadband network to provide broadband to many currently
unserved homes and businesses. Windstream will extend broadband service using the same
architecture, equipment vendors, technologies, processes, and procedures that it uses to provide
broadband service to over 1 million current customers. Windstream proposes to use industry
standard ADSL2+ (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) protocols that will allow customers to
enjoy broadband at speeds of up to 12 Mpbs. The project will bring broadband to 1,150 homes
and 24 businesses that otherwise may never enjoy the benefits of broadband.
Public Notice Response: Service Area PNR Company Name
FLORENCE MS 1 9 Cellular South
Comcast Cable
FLORENCE MS 1D Cellular South
Comcast Cable
PRENTISS Cellular South

Some highlights from Windstream filings

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view.action?id=7020244628

Dividend payments are central to the mid-sized carrier’s business model. A mid-sized carrier’s stock is similar
to a bond. Stock prices of these carriers, which are facing declining revenues, typically do not appreciate.
Instead, mid-sized carriers reward equity investors by paying regular dividends. Without these dividends,
investors would have little reason to hold onto their stock. If investors decide to sell their stock because of
concerns about their investment, a mid-sized carrier’s share price will decline, making it even more difficult for
the carriers to obtain capital from the debt markets, which have been for all intents and purposes “closed” due to
the extreme volatility in recent months.

A common misconception is that mid-sized price
cap carriers, like Windstream, are funded largely by federal USF support. That simply is not
the case. The outdated federal USF mechanisms provide a disproportionately large amount of
support to small and mid-sized rate-of-return carriers, but do not provide adequate support to
the mid-sized price cap carriers that serve high-cost rural areas of the Nation. Due to
averaging of costs and inconsistencies between USF support calculations and rate regulations,
the USF system fails to target support directly to the high cost areas where it is actually
needed. Consequently, Windstream – with 27 percent of its exchanges comprised of 500
access lines or less – receives less than 1 percent of its total annual revenues from high-cost
loop and model support, and less than 3 percent of its revenues from all federal high-cost
support combined.