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The NFBA geographic area is known as a Rural Area of Critical Economic Concern through Florida's Rural Economic Development Initiative, or REDI. Rural counties qualify for REDI with populations of less than 100,000 and exhibit low per capita income, low per capital taxable values, high unemployment or underemployment, and other poor economic ...
The initial goal was to win a federal grant under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and deploy a middle mile broadband transport network in underserved rural areas of Florida. FRBA applied for a $24 million grant through the program in mid-2010, winning the grant later that ...
National Programme for Broadband roll-out in rural and remote areas: PEBA (2005–2008) [51] Avanza Infrastructures Programme (2008–2012) [ 52 ] To ensure the programme objectives, non-duplication of investments and non-distortion of competition, specific service and operative requirements were required by projects and beneficiary operators.
Launching the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, which would direct up to $20.4 billion to expand broadband in unserved rural areas. Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection, a new process for collecting fixed broadband data to improve mapping and better identify gaps in broadband coverage across the nation.
Most Republicans voted against a 2021 bill that is now providing money to get high-speed internet to rural parts of America. But this week, a handful of GOP lawmakers were nevertheless unable to ...
In addition to flight delays and cancellations − Houston's Bush Airport had by far the most canceled flights with 102 as of 6:30 p.m. CT − the winter blast may cause power outages in areas of ...
These programs collected data used by the NTIA to refurbish a public interactive National Broadband Map that was released in February 2011. [14] The map was authorized by Congress with the 2008 Broadband Data Improvement Act [15] and was funded through the 2009 economic stimulus bill. [16]
That’s combined with a high wind warning in effect for coastal areas in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties through 1 p.m. Thursday. Winds may gust up to 60 mph, heightening the threat ...