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The California Broadband Task Force had performed the first voluntary broadband mapping exercise in that state in 2006–2007, having learned about it when Commissioner Chong visited the ConnectKentucky broadband project in 2005. The broadband maps were then used by the CPUC to determine both "unserved areas" (defined as an area that is not ...
California received about $1.3 billion in funding through the program that helped about 1-in-5 households in the state. The FCC said in a release that current funding is projected to run out in ...
The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program is to provide each state with $5 million for planning and $100 million for expansion, with states having a greater need receiving more money. The legislature of each state must approve. [16] Funding is also provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. [7]
Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan to improve Internet access in the United States. The FCC was directed to create the plan by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 , and unveiled its plan on March 16, 2010.
After years of planning a public broadband system, some low-income areas were deprioritized due to unexpected costs. Still, Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’s committed to funding the entire network.
The Biden administration on Monday outlined how states across the country will be receiving billions of dollars in federal funding for high-speed internet access, highlighting the US government ...
The FCC has been providing regular updates on the progress of broadband rollout in the United States for some time now, but it's gone a bit further for its latest Broadband Progress Report. It's ...
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]