ACCORDING TO THE TIMES UNION, OVER 130,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN NEW YORK LACK BROADBAND ACCESS.

STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE PINNING THEIR HOPES ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S $65 BILLION DOLLAR BROADBAND INITIATIVE AND GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL'S $1 BILLION "CONNECTALL" PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

HOWEVER, THE PATH TO BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY FOR THE FINAL 2.5 PERCENT OF NEW YORK REMAINS UNCLEAR.

LUCK GROVE, A SYRACUSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, IS TAKING MATTERS INTO ITS OWN HANDS BY DESIGNING FIBER OPTIC CABLES TO DISTRIBUTE TO CONTRACTORS, AIMING TO GET THOSE UNDERSERVED HOUSEHOLDS ONLINE.

>> FIBER OPENNICS ARE A GLASS STRAND OF FIBER WHERE HIGH SPEED INFORMATION IS ABLE TO TRAVEL AT FAST DISTANCES OVER LONG DISTANCES COMPARED TO THE ANTIQUATED SYSTEMS LIKE COPPER AND CABLE TV.

SO WE ARE SEEING FIBER OPENNICS USE-- FIBER OPTICS USED EVERYWHERE BETWEEN HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, STRAIGHT TO YOUR HOUSE.

WE'VE DENY DESIGNED OVER 37 MILLION FEET OF FIBER AND PASSED OVER 38,000 HOMES FROM NEW YORK TO MAINE, PENNSYLVANIA, ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF WORK IN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE PROGRAM IS THE RURAL DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND, IT WAS FOUNDED IN 2019 WITH $20.4 BILLION ALLOCATED TO CERTAIN COMPANIES THAT QUALIFIED FOR IT.

IT PROVIDES UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED AREAS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ZERO ACCESS TO BROADBAND SPEEDS.

RIGHT NOW, AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A MORE DECENTRALIZED WORK ENVIRONMENT, WHERE WE ARE NOT WORKING IN THE OFFICES AND EVERYBODY IS WORKING FROM HOME, IT EVENS THE PLAYING FIELD FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO WORK AT HOME AND ACCESS THE SAME AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT THEIR COUNTER PARTS IN CITIES AND COMMUNITIES WITH HIGHER ACCESS HAVE TO BROADBAND.

LUCK GROVE HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS INTO A SURVEYING, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION POWER HOUSE IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY.

SO OUR SERVICES, ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREA, WE LOOK FOR EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TO MAKE OUR PATH MORE COST EFFECTIVE, NOT ONLY FOR THE COMPANY THAT IS PUTTING IT IN, BUT ALSO FOR THE CONSUMER, THE END CONSUMER.

SO OUR SURVEYING TEAM DEPLOYS OVER 30 STATES AT THE MOMENT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 100 SPARE SURVEYORS OUT THERE EVERY DAY.

>> OUT HERE DOING FIELD DATA COLLECTION USING A GPS DEVICE.

WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE PRECISE LOCATION USING LATIN LUNG COORDINATES OF THESE UTILITY POLES AND CONDUCTS SIMPLE SURVEYS ON HERE.

>> OVER ALL, BIGGER PICTURE OF THINGS, THE REASON WHY WE ARE DOING THIS IS SO THAT WAY WE CAN CALL OUT WHAT NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE DONE WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS PLACED FOR FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS.

>> IT'S A CHALLENGING TASK TO FIND EMPLOYEES ESPECIALLY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ALREADY TRAINED IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY.

BACK IN 2017-2018 WHEN I CAME ON BOARD WAS AROUND 10 EMPLOYEES.

WITH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS NOW, WE'VE GROWN TO OVER 350 EMPLOYEES AROUND 30 STATES AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CONTINUING TO GROW WITH THE DOUBLING OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET.

WE LOOK TO ADJACENT INDUSTRIES WHERE WE CAN UTILIZE OUR ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM TO BRING THEM TO THE PROFICIENCY OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DESIGNER, DRAFTER, SURVEYOR.

I WOULD HOPE TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN AMERICA WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUR MISSION OF CONTINUING TO PROVIDE AN EFFICIENT GREAT PRODUCT FOR OUR CLIENTS.