Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $5.5 Million to New Hampshire in ‘Internet for All’ Planning Grants

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that New Hampshire received its first “Internet for All” grants for deploying high-speed Internet networks and developing digital skills training programs under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative. New Hampshire is receiving $5,525,033.51 in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed by President Biden, to plan for the deployment and adoption of affordable, equitable, and reliable high-speed Internet service throughout the state. For the Broadband Equity, Acess and Deployment (BEAD) Program, New Hampshire will receive $5 million to fund various activities including:

• Supporting the development of a Five-Year Action Plan, advancing the goals of the BEAD Program, and eventually contributing to ensuring all residents of New Hampshire have both access to broadband but also the means and training to best use it;
• Research and data collection, including initial identification of unserved locations and underserved locations;
• Providing technical assistance to potential subgrantees, including through workshops and events;
• Asset mapping to catalogue broadband adoption, affordability, equity, access, and deployment activities.

For Digital Equity Act planning efforts, New Hampshire will receive $525,033.51 to fund various activities including:

• Helping close the digital equity gap and the development of a Statewide Digital Equity Plan;
• Supporting development of a plan to identify covered populations and their digital equity challenges and developing strategies to address those challenges.