The National Telecommunications and Information Administration received $2.64 billion in requests for projects, but it only has $980 million to spend this funding round.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has unveiled the first tranche of funding for states to implement their digital equity plans.
A map released by the U.S. Department of Commerce shows the areas where download speeds fall below FCC standards for fixed broadband. (U.S Department of Commerce / NTIA)
All 56 states and territories met the Dec. 27 deadline to submit initial proposals for the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program and several have already…
From left: Tamarah Holmes, director of the Office of Broadband at the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development; Kelly Schlegel, director of the New Mexico Office of Broadband Expansion; and Jade Piros de Carvalho, director of the Kansas Office of Broadband Development speak with Drew Clark, editor and publisher of Broadband Breakfast, at an event in Washington on June 27. (Scoop News Group)
State broadband officials reacted to awards from the Broadband, Equity, Accessibility, and Deployment grant program with a mix of excitement and curiosity.
President Biden speaks as he announces a $42.5 billion investment in high-speed internet infrastructure during an event in the East Room of the White House on June 26. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
President Biden called the $42.5 billion Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment program a "bold" step toward universal high-speed internet access by 2030.