Connecting our Community through Reliable Broadband
Acorn Connected is owned and operated by the Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District which is a chartered entity of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. What started in 2020 as a CARES Act-funded wireless project has grown into a long-term vision. Acorn Connected (formerly Acorn Wireless) reflects our expanded effort to bring high-speed fiber internet to the Hoopa Valley and surrounding aboriginal territory.
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News & Updates
HVPUD is leading a major broadband expansion to bring high-speed internet to the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation and surrounding aboriginal territory. The work includes two distinct but connected infrastructure projects:
SB156 Middle Mile Project – a fiber optic network project led by HVPUD in collaboration with the CA Department of Technology. The mission of the California SB 156 Middle Mile Broadband Initiative is to build an open-access middle-mile fiber optic network that serves as a high-capacity “backbone” for last-mile connections, in order to close the digital divide and improve broadband equity across California.
NTIA Tribal Broadband Connectivity Project – a federally funded project to support Tribal governments in building robust, modern networks to bring reliable broadband access to unserved and underserved Native American communities.