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# Massachusetts Set to Unveil New Massachusetts Broadband Institute Web Site, Mapping Efforts
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/massachusetts-set-to-unveil-new-massachusetts-broadband-institute-web-site-mapping-efforts/
- Published: 2009-05-25T19:49:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:41:36.000Z
- Description: WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – One key area of the broadband stimulus package in which states are certain to have an impact is in the area of collecting and releasing information about local broadband deployment.
- Author: Drew Clark
- Tags: Broadband Mapping and Data, Massachusetts, states, Weekly Report, Berkshire County (MA), Deval Patrick, GIS, John Olver, Massachusetts Broadband Institute, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, MassGIS, NTIA, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 10:30, #added-preview-divider

### From BroadbandCensus.com Weekly Report

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – One key area of the broadband stimulus package in which states are certain to have an impact is in the area of collecting and releasing information about local broadband deployment.

In this area, no state has advanced as far as fast as has Massachusetts, where Gov. Deval Patrick (D) signed legislation last August granting $40 million in bond authority for the state to [ensure broadband connectivity](http://broadbandcensus.com/2008/08/in-massachusetts-governor-to-sign-40-broadband-bill-aimed-at-spurring-investment/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) to all parts of the Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Broadband Institute was originally set up to administer a state-only program with a strong focus in western Massachusetts. It now faces the prospect of accessing about five times that amount, based upon the hypothesis that state funds might well be able to serve as the 20 percent matching grant for federal stimulus funds.

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