NTIA Fact Sheet: Bridging the Digital Divide

The Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative is delivering on its promise to connect everyone in America to affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service by 2030. Since the President took office, more than 2.4 million previously unserved homes and small businesses have been connected to high-speed Internet service. Below are highlights of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) achievements under the Biden-Harris Administration. 

• Made available more than $20 billion in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding to states and territories, subject to BEAD terms and conditions.
• Awarded $1.86 billion in awards to 226 Tribal entities—the largest ever investment in high-speed Internet on Tribal Lands.
• Awarded $980 million to 36 organizations across 40 states and territories to deploy, lease, or upgrade networks, which increase our nation’s network resilience and lower the cost of connecting homes and small businesses.
• Made high-speed Internet service available to more than 40,000 previously unserved households, nearly 3,000 businesses, and more than 130 community anchor institutions (like schools and libraries) to date through $282.7 million in awards.
• Awarded $262.8 million to 91 Minority-Serving Institutions to expand remote learning opportunities and spur economic development in their surrounding communities.
• Oversaw the creation of Digital Equity plans from all 56 states and territories.