Indiana is All IN on Broadband

Back in August 2022, the U.S. Treasury approved Indiana's plans to use $187 million of Capital Projects Fund support for its Next Level Connections program. That was 92 percent of the state's total Capital Projects Fund and earmarked to provide funds for the deployment of broadband infrastructure to provide eligible broadband service to unserved end users, which include households, businesses and community anchor institutions, such as schools and health clinics, across Indiana. Indiana estimated that support would bring high-speed internet to 50,349 locations—7.4% of the locations in the state still lacking broadband. On December 20, 2022, Treasury approved Indiana's plan for the rest of its Capital Projects Fund allocation—an additional $16 million—to support Next Level Connections. Indiana estimates that the additional support will help connect 5,000 more locations still lacking high-speed internet access. Indiana's $203 million from the Capital Projects Fund may only help 8% of the locations in the state that lack high-speed internet access. Moreover, even many rural residents in Indiana are not happy with their internet access even if they can get it.