Rhode Island Announces $13 Million in Broadband Grants

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2024 – Rhode Island announced Friday nearly $13 million in broadband grant awards.

Verizon took home more than $3.6 million, and GoNetspeed snagged $9.3 million. The projects are slated to get fiber to about 6,700 homes and businesses in Jamestown, Newport, and Westerly.

The towns “were selected as project areas based upon a formula which included several factors, such as the prioritization of areas with higher percentages of households that reported not having internet in the home and areas with lower median incomes,” the state said in a release.