Brunswick County, NC – FOCUS Broadband announced today that the final phase of the Brunswick County GREAT Grant project is now complete. Residents and businesses in Northwest and Sandy Creek now have access to gigabit speeds from FOCUS Broadband.

The Brunswick County GREAT Grant project was made possible through the Special Supplementary Round of the Growing Rural Economies through Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant Program. FOCUS Broadband was awarded $1.4 million to expand high-speed internet service to more than 1,000 addresses in rural Brunswick County.

“This was the first time we were able to secure grant funding for unserved portions of Brunswick County that fell outside of our cooperative service area,” commented Keith Holden, FOCUS Broadband CEO. “We are very appreciative to the NC DIT and Governor Cooper for making these funds available that allowed us to expand our service to these rural areas of the county.”

The Governor’s office along with the NC Department of Information Technology introduced the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) program in 2019 as a way for internet service providers and cooperatives to seek and compete for funding to aid in lowering financial barriers that prevent high-speed internet service expansion.

FOCUS Broadband is also continuing their work to bring fiber optic internet to customers throughout their Brunswick County service areas. Many areas of Seaside have already been upgraded to fiber optics and work is underway in areas of Calabash and Shallotte as well.

Residents and businesses in Northwest and Sandy Creek can sign up for FOCUS Broadband’s service by calling, 888-367-2862.