Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative Corp received a multi-million dollar loan yesterday to help improve broadband access. The USDA announced in November that it is loaning more than $200-million in infrastructure projects to deliver broadband to under-served rural communities. Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative was loaned $7,855,000. The utility will now be able to provide new or improved broadband access for more than 2,000 customers in Dunlap and Pikeville, Tennessee.