Aerial view of a rural community partnering with Ziply Fiber

Closing the digital divide

We’re partnering with public organizations across the Northwest to bring broadband fiber internet to new areas as quickly as possible.

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Collaborative

We’ve successfully collaborated with numerous organizations using a variety of funding sources.

 

Experienced

We do building permits, grant processes & fiber construction – while serving hundreds of thousands of Northwest customers.

 

Local

We live, work & play here, so we have first-hand knowledge of the area’s unique challenges and opportunities.

Better together

No one is better prepared to help bring broadband to rural communities across the Northwest than we are. Because we own and operate state-of-the-art middle-mile infrastructure, cities and towns leveraging public funds can forego these construction costs. This allows us to focus our construction efforts within each city or town, connecting more locations faster, more efficiently and more economically than otherwise possible.

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Our Partnerships


Kellogg/Wardner

Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2020

Complete

Idaho CARES Act I

 130

 

Worked with city officials to apply for and secure public funding to extend fiber infrastructure to addresses that otherwise would have gone unserved.


Weippe

 Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2020

Complete

Idaho CARES Act I

 492

 

Thanks to a successful public - private partnership, the city of Weippe saw fiber to the home deployed in a greater speed and covering the entirety of the city plus additional locations faster than otherwise possible.


Orofino

 Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2020

Complete

Idaho CARES Act I

 1,786

 

Thanks to a successful public - private partnership, the city of Orofino saw fiber to the home deployed in a greater speed and covering the entirety of the city plus additional locations faster than otherwise possible.


Potlatch

 Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2020

Complete

Idaho CARES Act I

 9

 

Local Government Safety grant to improve public emergency communication in the City of Potlatch.


Blanchard

 Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2020

Complete

Idaho CARES Act II

 693

 

A group of local residents successfully convinced the Bonner County Commission to secure grant funds to extend fiber to the greater Blanchard community. Ziply Fiber successfully completed that project from start to finish in under 120 days.



Skykomish & Rural King County

Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2021

In Construction

Washington Dept of Commerce Public Works Board Rural Broadband

 361

 

Ziply Fiber invested in the Town of Skykomish but they wanted more, so together we applied to the Public Works Board to expand our fiber to rural locations outside the city limits that otherwise would have been beyond the reach of fiber.


Brewster, Curlew-Danville, Loomis & Tonasket

 Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2021

Awarded, pending contract

Washington Dept of Commerce Public Works Board Rural Broadband

 2,993 

 

In partnership with local civic leaders, we crafted a compelling grant application for the highly competitive national NTIA grant program where only a handful of states were awarded grants.


Snohomish County Hwy 530 Corridor

 Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2021

Awarded, pending contract

Washington State Broadband Accelerator Grants

 4,510

 

Hwy 530 corridor in Snohomish County presented Ziply Fiber and Civic leaders with challenging terrain creating a high cost to build scenario. Together, we combined two different public funding sources—the FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund and the Washington State Broadband Office Infrastructure Accelerator grants to address the need for broadband in this vital corridor faster than ever could have been possible.


King County Greater Duvall

 Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2021

Awarded, pending contract

Washington State Broadband Accelerator Grants

 1,421

King County identified the City of Duvall as a critical area for broadband infrastructure investment. Identifying Ziply Fiber as a leader in this space, we partnered to apply for a grant to invest in this community with a plan to complete construction within 18 months.


PARTNERSHIP: Concrete (696), Hamilton (424), and Marblemount (132) 

 Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2021

In Construction

Washington Dept of Commerce Community Economic Revitalization Board Funds

 1,252

 

Working with the Port of Skagit, we’re connecting more than 1,200 homes and businesses to fiber infrastructure leveraging funds from the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB).


PARTNERSHIP: Rosalia (350); Tekoa (307); Garfield (150); Oakesdale (180); Palouse (436)

 Year

 Status

Program

Locations

 2020

Complete

Washington Dept of Commerce Community Economic Revitalization Board Funds

 1,423

 

Using funds from the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB), we helped the Port of Whitman County expand fiber infrastructure to five new communities. The agreement saves the port nearly $1.5 million towards their fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, which can be redirected to other areas.


What our partners are saying

BILL SHULER • WESTERN WASHINGTON

“This project will advance the construction of fiber optic infrastructure in eastern Skagit County by 10 years or more and save public funds by using existing infrastructure in a collaborative business model,” said Port Commissioner Bill Shuler."

Emergency preparedness

We’re dedicated to ensuring that businesses and communities stay connected when it matters most. That’s why we’ve invested millions of dollars to maintain the resources and network needed to restore power, phones and internet as quickly as possible in an emergency.

 

LEARN HOW WE PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES (PDF)

 

Competition matters

As the incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), we take service to our communities seriously. That’s why we’re building a sophisticated, state of-the-art and accessible fiber network used by hundreds of other communications companies to deliver services.

 

LEARN WHY OUR NETWORK IS BETTER (PDF)

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Learn more

For more information on bringing fiber to your area, please provide your contact information below.

 

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