Recovery act program high speed internet

Cooper declared to encourage efforts to get more rural North Carolina communities connected to high-speed internet. Building on the success of its inaugural round of grants last year, the GREAT grant program provides matching grants to internet service providers and electric membership cooperatives that compete for funding to expand high-speed internet service in Tier 1 counties.

Additionally, the COVID Recovery Act, recognizing the increased importance of broadband expansion in light of the pandemic, allocated funding for eligible projects. GREAT grant recipients include:. Applicants are scored based on the number of households, businesses and agricultural operations they propose to serve, the average cost to serve those households and the speeds offered.

Applicants receive higher awards for agreeing to provide higher speed service, defined as a minimum of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload. Greene and Michael R. Rivers and Paul M. Carra and K. Koelzer and Julia A.

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