$711 Million would be invested in improving broadband expansion across the Commonwealth. In the Southern Alleghenies region, eCommunity Fiber, in partnership with Alleghenies Broadband, Inc., received an $83 Million award to construct a large-scale Open Access Network (OAN) connecting approximately 15,000 locations .

[Originally published in the Morrison Cove Herald, Feb. 12th, 2026] New broadband towers rising in the Southern Cove have drawn attention to ongoing efforts to expand internet access in rural parts of Bedford and Huntingdon counties. While new infrastructure is visible in some areas, broadband providers say access across the region remains uneven, shaped by terrain, funding availability, and the type of technology being deployed. According to Alleghenies Broadband Inc., broadband access in...

[Editorial published by Tribune-Review, December 28, 2025] Congress made a bipartisan promise a year ago: Every home and business in America would have access to high-speed internet. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act put $42.5 billion into the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program on a simple premise: In a world where work, education and health care increasingly happen online, broadband is infrastructure, not a luxury. But infrastructure is never built on an election...