U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during the annual North Americas Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton Hotel on April 5 in Washington. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images) 34 states and territories have already signed up for the $45B broadband fund Nearly two-thirds of states and territories signaled their intention to apply for the broadband fund within a week of the program's launch. May 20, 2022 By Benjamin Freed