But a dispute between the state and cable provider Accelecom threatens access for Kentuckians who rely on the network. The ...

In 2015, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority financed the project to install a fiber-optic broadband system on utility poles by issuing $290 million of municipal bonds.

The KentuckyWired project that was supposed to deliver high-speed Internet access to all 120 counties in the state by this year has been plagued by cost overruns of nearly $100 million and will ...

In 2015, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority financed the project to install a fiber-optic “middle mile” broadband system on utility poles by issuing $232 million of senior tax ...

Gov. Matt Bevin said Friday that he wants to scale back an ambitious plan to build a high-speed broadband network around the state to instead focus on Eastern Kentucky.

He said Bevin has much to learn from a broadband project in Jackson County, which Goforth represents. Read More Kentucky’s $1.5 Billion Information Highway to Nowhere ...

The Beshear administration, through a project called KentuckyWired, proposes to develop more than 3,000 miles of publicly owned broadband fiber throughout the state by late 2018, all part of an ...

I n what one tech expert calls “an astonishing report,” the Kentucky state auditor found that badly failing Kentucky Wired statewide broadband project could put taxpayers on the hook for $1.5 ...

Suspending this project also might save several private homes and businesses. The seeds of KentuckyWired were sown in 2013, when the state legislature approved $30 million in bonds for the network ...

Former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration repeatedly ignored expert advice before embarking on KentuckyWired, the massively over budget statewide broadband project ... problems could ...

Ballooning project costs and delays were called into question by state Auditor Mike Harmon in a critical report issued Sept. 27. Audit Finds Fault with KentuckyWired Internet Project ...

"Broadband is our modern-day highway and we're building Silicon Holler. Once complete, this project will encompass 124-miles of fiber, which I like to call the Super I-Way," Congressman Rogers said.