More than $42 billion in funds announced for internet; La. gets $1.3 Billion
The funding was announced on Monday; the aim is to deploy affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service to everyone in America.
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The funding was announced on Monday; the aim is to deploy affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service to everyone in America.
The $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program will see Texas receive the largest sum, at $3.3 billion, followed by California ($1.8B) and Missouri ($1.7B) to build high-speed Internet.
Oregon will receive nearly $700 million in federal funding for improving access to high-speed broadband Internet in rural and underserved communities, state officials said.
The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment funding will be used to deploy or upgrade broadband networks to ensure that everyone has access to reliable, affordable, high-speed internet service.
Indiana will receive more than $868.1 million in federal high-speed internet funding, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s telecommunications wing announced Monday. It’s part of a national pot worth more than