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Two Oregon internet providers will use $35.5 million to expand rural broadband.

Application submitted following a 2-1 vote

In the biggest USDA broadband announcement of the year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Thursday that 49 projects will receive $759 million

FCC may adopt Public Safety Answering Points PSAPS network outage rules. Enterprise Wireless Association filed petition for FCC rulemaking to eliminate 800 MHz band frequency assignments to exclusive pool. USDA announced $759 million in funding for ReConnect Program.

Two rural Arizona cities received approximately $17.1 million in federal funding for the investment in high-speed internet projects.

U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA State Director Betsy Dirksen Londrigan today announced that the Department is providing nearly $50 million to bring high-speed internet access to rural residents across 13 counties in Illinois.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday two grants totaling $17.7 million will bring broadband internet infrastructure to rural communities in Scott, Jefferson and Lincoln counties in Arkansas via the departments ReConnect Program.

Two Iowa projects in Hamilton and Washington counties will get federal funding to increase internet speeds for more than 3,200 people.

Funding through the third round of USDA’s ReConnect Program provides 49 awards across 24 U.S. states.

The Biden administration is awarding $55.7 million to bring high-speed internet access to those without it in rural areas of Michigan.