Equity Fact Sheet: How Internet for All Investments Are Reaching Underserved Communities

The Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative addresses the Nation’s digital divide by bringing high-speed Internet availability, device affordability, and digital literacy to left-behind communities. Some of those programs and their impacts:

• Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP): TBCP is a first-of-its-kind program to meet the needs of Tribal communities. To date, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded $1.86 billion in awards to 226 Tribal entities—the largest ever investment in high-speed Internet service on Tribal Lands. TBCP has connected or lowered Internet costs for more than 4,500 Tribal homes, with many more to come.
• Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC): NTIA has awarded $262.8 million to 93 Minority-Serving Institutions to purchase Internet service and necessary equipment, hire and train IT staff, upgrade classroom technology, and boost digital literacy skills.
• Broadband Infrastructure Program (BIP): BIP expands high-speed Internet availability to areas without service, especially to rural areas. The funding is successfully reaching lower-income, largely rural communities.  
• Enabling Middle Mile Infrastructure Program (Middle Mile): Middle Mile has awarded $940 million to 36 organizations across 38 states and territories to deploy, lease, or upgrade networks which increases our nation’s network resilience and lowers the cost of connecting homes and small businesses.