The Top Black Colleges in the Country Are Still Living in Internet ...

In 2020, students at Claflin University and the surrounding areas in Orangeburg, South Carolina, struggled with inadequate internet access because they lived in a broadband desert. Read More

As Broadband Deserts Recede, Cost of Service Still a Question

A new report by BroadbandNow indicates as many as 22 million U.S. residents still lack access to broadband, an improvement from 2020. But as Internet service improves, affordability in rural areas ... Read More

FOX45 News: Maryland secures $267M in federal funding to expand high ...

Maryland’s Volume 1 BEAD proposal outlines the Broadband Availability Challenge Process, which aims to ensure accurate broadband mapping and target investments to areas most in need of high ... Read More

With New RFP, Delaware Aims to Eradicate Broadband 'Deserts'

Officials hope to leverage existing fiber infrastructure and a successful wireless broadband pilot to connect rural areas through public-private partnerships over the next two years. Read More

Maryland initiative will subsidize internet costs for low-income ...

Maryland is investing an additional $100 million to expand broadband internet access throughout the state and is launching a new subsidy program to make internet access more affordable for low ... Read More

Maryland to invest $127 million to expand broadband access

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Friday that the state will award $127.6 million to expand high-speed internet access and affordability to 15,000 underserved households in the state. Read More

Smith Island to get high-speed internet in big broadband breakthrough

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day has announced a nearly $2 million grant for broadband on Smith Island. Read More

Governor Larry Hogan Announces $4M Broadband Initiative ... - CBS News

Also, to make broadband more affordable and accessible for low-income households, the governor also announced the launch of a new Maryland Emergency Broadband Benefit Subsidy Program. Read More

Maryland Aims to Tackle Contraception Deserts - Governing

Data shows that about 285,000 women live in contraceptive deserts across the state, areas where contraceptive services don’t meet the needs of the public. The state also has one of the highest ... Read More