Projects
ACG has completed many broadband projects for rural providers, tribal organizations, and municipalities. Here's how we approach the hard ones.
Field Stories
Every broadband project has a moment where the plan meets reality. Terrain gets harder. Funding rules get complicated. A design that looked right on paper doesn't hold up in the field. These are stories about what happens at those moments — and what good engineering does about it.
Hard Rock, Better Route
On a rural fiber project in New Mexico, the original route ran directly into severe hard rock conditions. Building through it meant absorbing a major cost overrun or accepting schedule risk that could derail the project. ACG reviewed the design for constructability, identified an alternate route that avoided the problem area, and protected the client from a cost and schedule hit that was still avoidable.
Build Smarter, Earn Sooner
A rural provider was doubling its network footprint with no grant subsidy. On a self-funded build, the financial model matters as much as the engineering model. ACG designed a phased deployment strategy that let the provider light completed service areas incrementally, generating revenue and placing assets into service earlier rather than waiting years for a single cutover.
Unlocking Tribal Funding Eligibility
A Tribal client with a checkerboard reservation structure faced a critical eligibility question: did its territory qualify under a special Tribal funding category with materially better terms? ACG worked through historical treaty documentation and the federal agency's interpretation of Tribal Lands. The agency ultimately recognized the entire county as qualifying, expanding the project's eligible footprint significantly.
Pole Loading Done Right
In remote desert and dense forest terrain, traditional pole loading field collection is slow, expensive, and sometimes impossible. ACG deployed LiDAR and drone-supported workflows to improve data quality and reach areas conventional methods couldn't. The result: deeper analysis, earlier identification of make-ready issues, and submittals thorough enough to reduce back-and-forth with utilities.
Working on a project
Let's talk about what your build is up against.
Every ACG project is led by a licensed Professional Engineer from first design to final closeout. If you have a build in progress, a funding award to execute, or an engineering challenge you're trying to work through, we're glad to have the conversation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common Questions
Does ACG work with tribal organizations?
Yes. ACG has supported tribal broadband clients across the country on engineering, funding strategy, and federal program navigation. Tribal connectivity is one of our core practice areas.
Has ACG secured federal broadband funding for clients?
ACG has helped clients secure more than $75M in state and federal broadband funding across programs including ReConnect, TBCP, and tribal-specific federal categories.
What states has ACG worked in?
ACG has active project experience in Arizona, New Mexico, Tennessee, North Carolina, Oregon, and California, with tribal and rural project work across additional states.
What types of broadband projects does ACG handle?
ACG supports rural and tribal broadband projects across the full project lifecycle, including OSP engineering, pole loading analysis, network planning, grant and funding strategy, phased deployment design, and construction management.