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Groups like the National Digital Inclusion Alliance have consistently released studies showing that telecom giants like AT&T, despite billions in subsidies and tax breaks, routinely avoid upgrading minority and low income neighborhoods to fiber. Not only that, the group has documented how users in those neighborhoods even struggle to have their existing (older and slower) DSL lines repaired. Regional…

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Nearly $50 million in investments to four organizations will expand middle mile high-speed internet infrastructure in four states.

Approximately $980 million in funding is available through the Internet for All initiative’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.

To fill gaps in broadband service, the federal government launched a second round of grant funding to expand internet access on Tribal Lands. 

The funding was announced on Monday; the aim is to deploy affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service to everyone in America.

The United States government has announced it will be pledging almost $1 billion to upgrading America's internet access in rural areas.

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas was awarded $500,000 from a federal program meant to improve access to high speed internet.