Idaho will receive more than $4.9 million to plan for expanding high-speed internet across the state. The National Telecommunications and Information Agency says Idaho is the third state to receive planning funds and eventually, Idaho and other states will receive a minimum of $100 million to implement the projects they determine necessary to connect all people to high-speed internet. Mia Carlson has more.
In addition, the Federal Communications Commission’s program called the Affordable Connectivity Program, is already available to residents across the United States.
Idaho will receive $4,376,087.09 to fund:
- Identification of unserved and underserved locations
- Outreach to diverse stakeholders across all entities and geographies within the state
- Increase capacity to implement BEAD grants and build infrastructure throughout Idaho
- Build a broadband infrastructure map for the State of Idaho
- Asset mapping across the Eligible Entity to catalog broadband adoption, affordability, access, and deployment activities
- Surveys of unserved, underserved, and underrepresented communities to better understand barriers to adoption
- Efforts to support local coordination including capacity building at the local and regional levels
- Digital Equity
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