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Senator: Hawai'i set to receive nearly $150 million to expand high-speed internet access : Big Island Now

The new funding from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program will be used to help build and improve broadband infrastructure across Hawai‘i.

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Missouri, Kansas set to receive nearly $2.2 billion for high-speed internet

Missouri will receive nearly $1.74 billion and Kansas will receive nearly $452 million from the federal government's ongoing effort to build out high-speed internet from coast to coast.

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$87 million fiber broadband infrastructure project to be launched by Hawaiian Telcom : Big Island Now

Hawaiian Telcom was the only Hawaiʻi recipient of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant, which invests in building regional networks that connect to national Internet networks.

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Peninsula Fiber Network receives grant to increase internet connectivity

PFN has been awarded a $61.2 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program. This will allow them to run fiber optic cables under the Great Lakes.

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Reagan Smith working to expand broadband access, training for tribes

Tribal entities in Oklahoma received millions of dollars in funding from the Biden administration for internet access on tribal land, but still only 67% of tribal lands in the lower 48 states have broadband access.

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The U.S. Must Reject the ICANN Transition If Accountability Falls Short

Congress and the NTIA must support the multi-stakeholder community and encourage it to stand against the ICANN Board’s coup attempt.

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Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Petitions Federal Government on Timing of its Broadband Map Development, Release of Federal Broadband Funding

The national map will be used to allocate federal funding to states to expand broadband in unserved and underserved communities.

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The 4 keys to efficient broadband expansion | PressReleasePoint

One of the greatest legacies our generation will leave in the telecom industry is the realization of the 4 th utility . As we work to bring broadband internet access to every citizen, we’re following a digital version of the footsteps of our greatest generation took nearly a century ago under FDR’s Rural Electrification Act of 1936.

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Mercury Broadband and Northleaf Announce Strategic Partnership to Facilitate Companys Rural Broadband Deployment

New investment enables Mercury Broadband to accelerate network deployment across the Midwestern United States.

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Governor Kelly Announces Nearly $16M to Expand Broadband in Rural Kansas

TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced today $15.7 million will be awarded to seven service providers that will bring high-speed broadband service to underserved, economically distressed, and low-population areas of the state. This is the first of three rounds of awards from the Kansas Capital Project Funds (CPF) Broadband Grant Program.

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