July 2025 Newsletter
I Date: July, 2025 I Full PDF can be downloaded here
What’s New!
ConnectALL Deployment Program Request for Applications Due July 30th
“…The ConnectALL Deployment Program (the "Program”), with funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, will provide grants for broadband deployment to locations that do not currently have access to reliable, affordable, high-speed internet service. The objective of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to solicit applications for funding from Eligible Applicants (defined below).
Grants awarded through this RFA will fund the deployment of broadband to all Eligible Locations across New York State. Based on BEAD Program timeline requirements, ConnectALL expects projects under these grants to commence in 2025 and take up to four years to complete. This RFA is based on the subgrantee selection process outlined in New York State’s Broadband Deployment Initial Proposal, Volume II….”
Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority BEAD Application Due August 1st
“…The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program aims to help residents and businesses gain access to affordable high-speed internet through investments in broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption activities. Visit the BEAD Program webpage for details on program guidelines, how to apply, eligibility requirements, funding uses, and resources available for application creation…”
About Us
Who we are
ECC Technologies was incorporated in 1995 to provide technology and communications consulting services to Educational, Community, and Corporate (ECC) clients. This was at the time when the nation’s telecom- communications industry was changing drastically through deregulation.
For the past several decades, ECC has provided technology, broadband, and security consulting services to education, municipalities, government, and corporate clients.
ECC continues our mission to assist clients with the expansion of broadband and the implementation of technology and security solutions in communities to improve economic development, public safety, education, and health- care services.
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The 400-mile network backbone will connect all viable municipal entities, as well as key community anchor institutions (CAIs), such as business, educational, and healthcare entities. In addition, the network will be available to any viable entity in Erie County that wishes to subscribe to the network.
ECC Technologies conducted the initial study for the open-access network on behalf of Erie County in 2017. We also developed the business plan in which Erie County will operate the nearly 400-mile middle-mile fiber-optic network.
"Our firm is now 100% accountable for the success of this project," - ECC Technologies Vice President Matthew Crider
"This is a significant undertaking for the county," said ErieNet Chairman Thomas Baines. "I think the outcome is really what's most important."
How to get connected
If you would like to learn more about the network and how to get your community connected contact Greg Houppert at:
Email: ghouppert@ecctec.com Phone: 716.331.8853 Website: www.erienet.com