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Pennsylvania counties have been mounting challenges to the accuracy of the FCC’s maps so that they get a fair share of $42.45 billion in federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment money.
Counties across the state have been challenging the accuracy of the federal Internet expansion map ahead of a Friday deadline. Westmoreland County alone identified 14,527 sites that don’t appear at all on the address maps.
Officials in Washington County have approved $3.2 million in American Rescue Plan funding to expand Internet service to 944 homes and businesses and other locations in two municipalities.
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission released a report Tuesday showing that rural communities in Fayette, Greene and Washington counties are among the most underserved areas in the 10-county region, and the
Washington County, Penn., commissioners are using American Rescue Plan Act funds there to expand broadband access with fiber-optic cable in collaboration with private Internet service providers.