Charter Communications won close to $16 million in funding to cover some of the costs of making broadband available in seven North Carolina counties this month. The funding was part of a total of $22 million awarded through the Completing…
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Charter, Brightspeed Announce North Carolina Broadband Funding Awards
Charter and Brightspeed have formally announced broadband funding wins in the latest round of funding through the North Carolina GREAT program. The program targets unserved and underserved areas and requires providers to deploy speeds of at least 100 Mbps symmetrically….
Lumos Brings Service to NC County in Public-Private Partnership
Mid-Atlantic regional fiber provider Lumos has begun offering service in a public-private partnership with Orange County, NC, that will reach more than 6,300 unserved homes and 22,000 additional addresses in the county. Lumos says it is one of the larger…
Google Fiber: Summer is “Just Speeding Up,” NC Gets 5 Gbps
“Summer is just speeding up,” wrote Nick Saporito, head of multi-gig and commercial product for Google Fiber, in a blog post yesterday to announce that the company has launched symmetrical 5 Gbps service in North Carolina. The price of the…
Charter Grabs the Largest Share of NC Broadband Awards; AT&T, Brightspeed, Lumos Also Win
Charter bagged eight out of 33 broadband funding awards made by the state of North Carolina yesterday, making the company the biggest winner measured by number of awards. A total of nearly $80 million was awarded. Also winning funding were…
Focus Broadband Completes North Carolina Fiber Project That Received State Funding
Focus Broadband has completed the final stages of a project in Brunswick County, NC. Residents and businesses in the communities of Northwest and Sandy Creek now can access gigabit speed service, the company said. Focus Broadband was awarded $1.4 million…
Report: Google Fiber Plans Network Expansion in North Carolina, as Well as Iowa
Google Fiber said it has agreed to build a fiber broadband network in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Additionally, a local media outlet has reported that the company plans to build in Huntersville, North Carolina. A Google Fiber spokesperson confirmed that the…
Five States Get Almost $30M in BEAD and Digital Equity Planning Funds
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced planning grants to Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina and Rhode Island in the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The planning grants total $29,571,055.05. In…
Metronet Extends Multi-Gigabit Reach in North Carolina
Metronet has begun offering multi-gigabit internet service to residents and businesses in Fayetteville, Greenville, and Raeford, North Carolina. The company is offering speeds up to 2 gigabits for residents, while businesses may choose speeds up to 10 gigabits. All Metronet…
North Carolina Unveils Digital Equity Grant Program
North Carolina is launching the state’s first digital equity grant program, designed to help state residents afford high-speed internet, obtain digital devices, and access digital literacy resources. The $24 million, multi-phased program, administered by the state’s Department of Information Technology’s…
Brightspeed Gets GREAT Grants for 29 North Carolina Counties
North Carolina’s Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) matching grant program has awarded Brightspeed more than $90 million to bring broadband to 38,000 addresses in 29 counties. The grants were announced last week by the North Carolina Department…
GREAT News: North Carolina Awards $206M in Rural Broadband Grants
North Carolina has announced grants of more than $206 million in its Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grant program. In all, the grants will bring broadband access to almost 85,000 households and more than 2,400 businesses in…
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