Late last year Governor Laura Kelly announced over $80 million dollars in grant funding for broadband as part of the Kansas Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF). Craw-Kan was lucky enough to receive a $4.6 million dollar grant for the area of Colony, Kansas in the first round of awards. This grant award represents roughly 75%… Read more »
Craw-Kan Employees Help Local Animal Shelters
May 2, 2022
In 2021, Craw-Kan employees created “Craw-Kan CARES” and expanded their philanthropic efforts. Using employee donations, they were able to give more than $10,300 in cash and gifts to local charities and families. Projects included buying food for local food pantries, helping buy beds for kids in foster care, supporting foster families, helping veterans and their… Read more »
The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program
February 9, 2022
On December 30, 2021 the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB) ended and was replaced with the Affordable Connectivity Plan (ACP). The ACP, like EBB, is a program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. The benefit under ACP provides a discount of up to… Read more »
Cooperative Fiber Expansion Update
September 28, 2021
As originally reported at our 2016 annual meeting, the Coop was approved for a $59.8 million-dollar loan through the US Department of Agriculture/Rural Utilities Service. This loan will bring FTTH to 100% of 17 of our exchanges. This massive construction effort began in August of 2017 and is getting very close to being completed. Combined… Read more »
Craw-Kan Employees Donate to Local Charities
August 27, 2021We are very proud of our employees and their desire to help the communities that we serve! For years, Craw-Kan employees have participated in a project referred to as “A Time to Share”. Each year we select families in need who live in our cooperative territory, and provide a generous amount of Christmas gifts for… Read more »
Asbury and Weir Fiber Cutover Nearly Complete – Uniontown to Begin Soon!
May 20, 2021
In 2017 Craw-Kan began a massive construction project using funding obtained from a 60 million dollar USDA RUS loan to bring fiber to the home to 18 complete exchanges. To date we have completed Girard, Arma, Pleasanton, Cherokee, Purcell, Mulberry and Arcadia. We are happy to announce that Asbury and Weir are nearly completely cut… Read more »
The FCC’s New Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
May 12, 2021
The FCC on Wednesday (5/12/2021) launched the Emergency Broadband Benefit program. The program is aimed at providing subsidised broadband internet to low-income households and those hit hard by the pandemic. Craw-Kan is participating in this program and you could be eligible for an up to $50/mo credit toward your internet bill. For more details visit… Read more »
New 10-Digit Dialing Guidelines
March 11, 2021
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted 988 as a new three-digit number to be used nationwide to reach the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline, starting July 16, 2022. Customers must continue to dial 1-800-273-TALK to reach the Lifeline until July 16, 2022. In order for 988 to work in your area… Read more »
The New Generation of Phone Scams
March 12, 2019
In February, the Federal Communications Commission issued an eye opening report on illegal robocalls. It was reported that 44.6% of all calls to mobile phones would be scam calls in 2019. Unfortunately, these calls are hard to stop. Caller ID spoofing hides the caller’s true identity making them hard to track. The FCC has made… Read more »
Is Wi-Fi the same as Internet?
January 28, 2019
Wi-Fi technology is extremely popular. Whether you’re grabbing a cup of coffee or shopping, you’re likely to have a Wi-Fi hotspot available. You may hear people talking about “getting onto Wi-Fi” or not being able to “get onto Wi-Fi”. Most of the time, the issue is that they can’t get their device connected to the… Read more »