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Briefs
USDA Funds Bluebonnet Fiber In Rural Texas
The ISP can now provide high-speed internet access to 6,684 Texans.
Briefs
The ISP can now provide high-speed internet access to 6,684 Texans.
Funding
The money will help communities build technical assistance and training to improve broadband adoption in rural America.
Rural
The critical need for broadband deployment in rural America is emphasized by the loss of 557,000 farms sinc, RUS chief says.
ACP
The NTIA aims to influence the use of alternative technologies to fiber optics and streamline permitting processes with new guidelines.
Funding
The fifth round of funding makes $700 million available for rural broadband.
What's New
It's a time of changing seasons in Washington, and in Rural America.
Funding
The fiscal year 2025 budget has funds for broadband expansion, tech innovation and digital equity.
Funding
Key revisions to this new round of ReConnect include awarding priority points to applications from states with the highest concentrations of unserved locations.
Funding
If fully utilized, the fifth round ReConnect funding will amount to $700 million.
Funding
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack also announced the launch of the fifth round of the ReConnect Program.
Louisiana
The experts expressed doubts about addressing workforce shortages that could potentially stall BEAD build-outs.
The Agriculture Department announced $502M will go to service providers in 20 states.
Broadband Live
Join Acting Rural Utilities Service Administrator Chris McLean on June 8 at Broadband Breakfast for Lunch
Expert Opinion
In the 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Congress reversed USDA’s ReConnect criteria in three crucial ways.
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We will explore what the government, states and infrastructure builders – public and private – should be doing to prepare.
Funding
Shekinah Pepper said Wednesday tribal communities should be on alert for service providers asking for chunks of subsidies upfront.