They also partnered with Quantum Internet Service to apply for state grants to build fiber in the rural area between Manchester and Westminster that is bordered by Sullivan and Fridinger Mill Roads. 2020 – Commissioners approve partnering with Comcast to apply for state grants to build fiber along Garret and Halter roads.2020 – Commissioners approve moving forward with Columbia Telecommunications to initiate a Broadband Feasibility study.2018 – Commissioners allocate $415,000 to build fiber in four business parks: Warfield Complex, Liberty Exchange, Eldersburg Business Center, and Twin Arch Industrial Park.Criteria include the construction, acquisition, or leasing of facilities or wireless spectrum, land, towers, or buildings used to deploy broadband service for business and residentially based businesses located within Carroll County, MD.

A cap of $100,000 per entity or service provider is fixed per fiscal year and is dependent on allocations approved by the Carroll County Board of Commissioners.

Up to 50% matching reimbursement of qualified project expenses with a cap of $25,000 per approved project.

2018 – Commissioners implement the Carroll Broadband Grant Program for businesses.

2015-Current – Carroll County is leasing fiber to local businesses and service providers and receives about $250,000 annually in leases.

It provides cost-effective, high-bandwidth capacity to enable private carriers to bridge the last mile through their own investments to serve Carroll’s underserved businesses and residents.

Carroll Broadband's “middle-mile” fiber optic network expands internet service options in Carroll County’s cities, towns, and industrial areas.

This was used to complete the build of the fiber backbone originally planned in 2007, with the addition of 11 sites.

2011 – Received $6,000,000 in federal funds from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant and a $2,000,000 county match.

Have excess fiber available to allow businesses and industries to lease.

Connect 130+ County, Local, and State operations including government, schools, libraries, community colleges, and public safety.More than 130 local and state agencies are connected to the network including all county offices, Board of Education buildings and schools, Carroll Community College, the Carroll County Public Library system, emergency response facilities, courthouses and town offices. 2007 Carroll County began construction of a 112-mile, 216-count fiber backbone consisting of four (4) rings, reaching into all parts of the county which would build, operate, and maintain over 110 miles of fiber optic lines throughout the county.Brief History of Broad Band Development in Carroll County

Internet backbone map 2020