Officials of USDA Georgia Rural Development and Pembroke Telephone Company met with local leaders in front of the Tattnall County Courthouse to announce that high speed internet will soon be coming to new areas of Tattnall, Candler, and Evans counties due to a USDA grant of $9,472,875 and a $3,157,625 investment by Pembroke Telephone Company. It is projected that more than 3,300 people, 55 businesses, 120 farms, and four educational facilities will be positively impacted.