Final BTOP Count: 233 Projects

With the final Broadband Technology Opportunities Program projects announced September 27, the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration that 233 projects will:

• Fund the installation or upgrade of approximately 120,000 miles of broadband networks, including fiber-optics, wireless, microwave, and other technologies. Of this amount, approximately 70,000 miles involve construction of new broadband facilities.
• Provide broadband access to approximately 24,000 community anchor institutions, including schools, libraries, government offices, health care facilities, and public safety entities. Of these, approximately: 3,000 are healthcare entities, including hospitals, clinics, and physicians' offices; 5,000 are public safety entities, such as first responders, fire, police, and EMS; 7,000 are K-12 schools; 600 are community colleges; 2,000 are libraries; 5,000 are government facilities, such as City and County offices, workforce centers, Head Start locations, and other entities providing important benefits to the public; 700 are other institutions of higher education, including public universities
• Deploy middle mile infrastructure in areas with nearly 40 million households and 4 million businesses, many of which will benefit from new or improved broadband service provided by last-mile providers that are able to utilize the new, open infrastructure to extend or upgrade their service for consumer and business customers.
• Invest in more than 3,500 new or upgraded public computer centers in libraries, schools, community centers and other public locations.
• Invest in more than 35,000 new or upgraded public computer workstations.
• Make public computer center workstations and training available to more than 1 million new users.