NNTC plans broadband expansion in Antelope, Dakota counties

Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company, headquartered in Jackson, is one of 14 Nebraska broadband providers to receive state funding to expand broadband services into rural areas of Nebraska who do not have broadband access of at least 100/100 megabites per second (up/down).

NNTC will receive $2.5 million from the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Program on behalf of the Nebraska Public Service Commission to expand into rural Dakota and Antelope counties.

In Antelope County, NNTC will be installing underground fiber north of Clearwater and south of Orchard and Royal to cover more than 70 square miles o...