Senator Marshall Applauds USDA Rural Broadband Funding for JBN Telephone Company of Holton

Topeka, KS— U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D., applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for awarding JBN Telephone Company of Holton with ReConnect program funding. This funding will help provide high-speed internet to homes, businesses, and farmers in Cloud, Republic, and Washington counties. 

“This public-private partnership between JBN Telephone Company and the ReConnect program improves broadband access for rural Kansans,” said Senator Marshall.  “With this loan, JBN will connect more than 175 farms in northeast Kansas that were previously unserved. My work developing the ReConnect program so more rural Americans have quality internet access is one of my proudest achievements since coming to Congress. I am proud this program continues delivering for Kansans.”

Congress designed the USDA ReConnect program to fund the most difficult high-speed internet projects in the nation. Most of these projects are in rural, remote, and unserved communities. Today’s announcement is part of ReConnect’s fifth round of funding announcement.