North Carolina Announces $112M for Broadband Expansion
The award will connect 25,903 households and businesses in 19 counties to high-speed internet.

The award will connect 25,903 households and businesses in 19 counties to high-speed internet.
July 1, 2024 – The North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s Division of Broadband and Digital Equity announced on Monday an additional $112 million award to connect 25,903 households and businesses in 19 counties to high-speed internet through the Completing Access to Broadband program.
The program fosters a partnership between counties and NCDIT to identify areas in need of high-speed service that reliably meets or exceeds speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 100 Mbps upload.
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