A look at how the $42.5B US broadband infrastructure plan will be allocated: Texas leads with $3.3B+, California gets $1.8B+, Missouri gets $1.7B+, and more
find out how much your state will get Kris Holt / Engadget : The Biden administration's $42 billion broadband program is finally getting underway Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : U.S. to Invest $42 Billion in Universal Internet Access CircleID :White House Announces Historic $42 Billion Investment in Nationwide Broadband Access WRAL TechWire : North Carolina lands $1.5 billion in federal broadband infrastructure funding Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal : States to Learn Their Share of $42.5 Billion in Federal Broadband MoneyLindsay McKenzie / StateScoop : Here's how much every state is getting from BEAD grant program Bluesky: Jay Cuthrell / @fudge.org : Thinking back ~13 years ago to “Save NC Broadband” grassroots activism at the State Legislative Building... and now North Carolina could see up to $1.5B in broadband infrastructure funding Mastodon: @b_fung@masto.ai : Texas is eligible for a whopping $3.3 billion, the largest award under the BEAD program. — The smallest is the US Virgin Islands, which gets $27 million. — Every state and US territory is eligible for at least something. — 19 states got over $1 billion. — https://www.cnn.com/... Twitter: Richard Stengel / @stengel : This is what governing and government is all about. It is transformational change that will positively impact America for decades to come. It is long-term, not short-term—which is often why it's hard to get voters to care. But they should. https://www.cnn.com/... Vice President Kamala Harris / @vp : Our Administration is connecting every corner of our nation to affordable high-speed internet. As part of this continued work, we're announcing more than $40 billion to deliver access to communities where there is either no service or service is too slow. https://www.whitehouse.gov/... Chris D. Jackson / @chrisdjackson : Here in Tennessee, we are getting $813 million from @POTUS's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for broadband expansion and none of our state's Republican federal officials voted for it. So thank you to President Biden and President Biden alone! 👏 https://twitter.com/... @commercegov : States, D.C., and territories will use funding from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program from @POTUS' Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to administer grant programs within their borders. #InternetForAll
Thinking back ~13 years ago to “Save NC Broadband” grassroots activism at the State Legislative Building... and now North Carolina could see up to $1.5B in broadband infrastructure funding
Our Administration is connecting every corner of our nation to affordable high-speed internet. As part of this continued work, we're announcing more than $40 billion to deliver access to communities where there is either no service or service is too slow. https://www.whitehouse.g…
Here in Tennessee, we are getting $813 million from @POTUS's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for broadband expansion and none of our state's Republican federal officials voted for it. So thank you to President Biden and President Biden alone! 👏 https://twitter.com/...
States, D.C., and territories will use funding from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program from @POTUS' Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to administer grant programs within their borders. #InternetForAll More: https://www.commerce.gov/... [image]
This is a very good thing. When I first became supporter of Amy Klobuchar it it was in part because getting broadband to all Americans was one of her proposals. Think it's not a big deal? Think about the last time your internet went down for an hour. https://www.washingtonpost.co…
Happening Now: Tune in as President Biden and the Vice President kick off the next phase of their Administration's Investing in America tour with a significant high-speed internet infrastructure announcement at the White House. https://twitter.com/...
Tune in as the Vice President and I kick off the next phase of our Administration's Investing in America tour with a significant high-speed internet infrastructure announcement at the White House. https://twitter.com/...
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that Maine will receive $272 million to expand high-speed internet access under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. That's the largest grant award Maine has ever received to build out broadband internet! [image]
it won't get the same attention as shitty NFT art or “half-cooked AI chatbots will kill us all” stories, but this investment will be utterly transformative. I talk to a different utility, cooperative, or municipality every week planning amazing stuff https://www.cnn.com/...
States and territories will be able to apply for the money as soon as July 1, and applications approved by the Commerce Dept. will allow officials to tap at least 20% of their awards initially, the White House said. https://www.cnn.com/...
President Biden on Monday is set to announce more than $42 billion to expand high-speed internet access nationwide, commencing the federal push to help an estimated 8.5 million families and small businesses take advantage of modern-day connectivity. https://www.washingtonpost.com…