Broadband and communications
Iredell County – Zirrus CAB Broadband Deployment (May 2025 Award)
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Verified Project Information
Summary
North Carolina awarded Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation, operating as Zirrus, a Completing Access to Broadband project in Iredell County in May 2025 to provide high-speed internet access to 517 homes and businesses.
Current stage: Funded or programmed.
Current condition: Active.
Key Facts
Estimated Cost
No overall project cost is published.
Latest Progress
2026-12-31: The Iredell CAB scope of work requires construction completion and expenditure of NCDIT funds by December 31, 2026, subject to case-by-case extension requests through the first quarter of 2027. This is a contractual deadline, not evidence that construction has started or finished.
Project Leaders
Iredell County
Project sponsor
North Carolina Department of Information Technology
Project sponsor
Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation
Project constructor, Project owner
Project Funding
Funding type: Mixed public private · Status: Allocated
Other funding contributors: North Carolina Department of Information Technology, Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation
Timeline
CAB construction and expenditure deadline
The Iredell CAB scope of work requires construction completion and expenditure of NCDIT funds by December 31, 2026, subject to case-by-case extension requests through the first quarter of 2027. This is a contractual deadline, not evidence that construction has started or finished.
Stage after event: Funded or programmedZirrus receives Iredell County CAB award
North Carolina announced that Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation, operating as Zirrus, received a CAB award expected to provide high-speed internet access to 517 Iredell County homes and businesses, representing 24.22 percent of the county's 2,135 eligible locations.
Stage after event: Funded or programmedIredell County CAB scope opens for provider responses
NCDIT and Iredell County issued the CAB scope of work seeking a prequalified provider to build broadband infrastructure and provide service to eligible unserved and underserved locations. Response Form A was due January 21, 2025 and Form B was due February 17, 2025.
Stage after event: Funded or programmed
Geography
Project site / location
No site geography relationship is published.
Affected / impact geography
- Iredell County, NC
Map
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Government Sources
- Primary
- North Carolina Department of Information TechnologyGovernor Josh Stein Announces More Major Investments in High-Speed Internet Access2025-05-16Primary
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Media Coverage
CarolinaLink · 2025-06-01
CarolinaLink Members to Expand Broadband Access Through Latest NCDIT CAB Program Awards (opens original source in a new tab)
CarolinaLink reports that Zirrus was selected for the Iredell County CAB project covering 517 addresses and describes the public/private funding context.