Alpine County Open Access Fiber Among Big Winners In Latest California FFA Grants
On August 30, CPUC officials formally approved both a third and fourth round of FFA broadband funding.

On August 30, CPUC officials formally approved both a third and fourth round of FFA broadband funding.
The California Public Utilities Commission has announced another $237 million in new grants that will help fund broadband expansion across 21 different California towns, cities, counties, and tribal communities. Meanwhile, numerous additional grants that are waiting in the wings are expected to get formal approval sometime in September.
Alpine, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Santa Barbara, and Tulare counties are among the latest winners in California’s $2 billion Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program (FFA).
That program is an extension of California’s ambitious Broadband For All initiative, a $6 billion effortaimed at dramatically boosting broadband competition and access across the Golden State.
This combination casts doubt on the government's ability to be truly 'technology neutral'.
Her nomination will now go to the full Senate.
Officials say the first phase of the city’s network will install over 100,000 feet of new fiber optic cable.
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