Brainerd co-op gets $11M from USDA to connect 600 rural homes with high-speed internet - Star Tribune

Brainerd co-op gets $11M from USDA to connect 600 rural homes with high-speed internet The move means fast internet will extend to less populated areas in Crow Wing and Morrison counties. By Kim Hyatt ... Read More

Rural Caribbean Areas Falling Behind in High Speed Internet

High-speed internet is not a luxury—it is a lifeline for economic opportunity. More than $1.3 billion was invested in the BPO sector between 2006 and 2020 alone, according to Caribbean’s Association ... Read More

Trump rips program to bring high-speed internet to rural areas as ‘racist’ and ‘totally unconstitutional’ - MSN

President Donald Trump lashed out on Thursday against legislation signed by former President Joe Biden aimed at increasing access to high-speed internet, arguing that it was “racist” and ... Read More

$313 million of USDA funds support rural internet connections

USDA has invested approximately $4.4 billion to bring high-speed internet access to more than 680,000 people in the most rural and remote areas of America during the Biden administration. Read More

Supreme Court OKs fee that subsidizes phone, internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas

The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed an appeals court ruling that had struck down as unconstitutional the Universal Service Fund, the charge that has been added to phone bills for nearly 30 years. Read More

Fresno County rural areas to gain better internet access | Fresno Bee

A new broadband project in rural Fresno County aims to close the digital divide, offering reliable internet to support education and economic growth. Read More

Inside the push for full high-speed internet in rural Colorado - The Denver Post

As estimated 80,000 to 90,000 Colorado households still don’t have access to high-speed internet, the road to get ... $600 million from Congress ... .3 million loan from the USDA’s Rural ... Read More

High-speed internet to expand in rural areas impacting students in seven NM school districts

Nearly 40,000 households in seven rural New Mexico school districts will receive high-speed home internet in coming months, following state grants from the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion ... Read More

Internet provider links rural Kent County residents to high-speed internet

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Previously unserved residents of northeastern Kent County now have access to high-speed internet, plus TV and mobile services. Spectrum on Tuesday, Feb. 10, said it has ... Read More

USDA funding will expand high-speed internet in Nicholas County

summersville – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development West Virginia State Director Ryan Thorn announced Wednesday $30.4 million of investments to help expand high-speed internet ... Read More

USDA gives three Northwest groups $34 million for rural internet

Three Pacific Northwest organizations will receive nearly $34 million from the USDA to deploy fiber-to-the-premises networks and provide high speed internet to rural areas. The projects are part ... Read More