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July 2024

CPUC Recommends Fourth Round of Grant Awards for Last Mile Broadband Infrastructure Projects Across California

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced the fourth round of recommended awardees for last mile broadband projects as part of the $2 billion Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program. This program expands broadband internet access for underserved and unserved communities across California.

Weekly Digest

NTIA Offering Grants So You Can Help Get Covered Populations Online

Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

Friday, July 26, 2024

NTIA Offering Grants So You Can Help Get Covered Populations Online

On July 24, the U.S.

How 23 Million Americans Are Adjusting to Life Without the Affordable Connectivity Program

For as long as the internet has existed, there’s been a gap between those who have access to it—and the means to afford it—and those who don’t. The vast majority of federal broadband spending over the past two decades has gone toward expanding internet access to rural areas. Only $14.2 billion went to making the internet more affordable through the Affordable Connectivity Program.

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