North Carolina to receive over $6 million from federal ‘Internet for All’ grant - WECT

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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced that North Carolina volition person $6,415,614.32 from its archetypal “Internet for All” grant.

Under the Internet for All initiative, the assistance wealth is to beryllium utilized for deploying high-speed net networks and processing integer skills grooming programs. Per the announcement, $5 cardinal volition beryllium utilized for initiatives including:

“Increasing capableness of the authorities broadband office;
Identification of unserved and underserved locations;
Improving existing programs of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology;
Engagements with nationalist and stakeholder input passim the improvement of the state’s five-year plan;
Supplementing region authorities capableness focused connected broadband infrastructure and integer equity readying and programme delivery.”

Additionally, $1,415,614.32 volition beryllium utilized to money activities specified as:

“Development of a Statewide Digital Equity Plan;
Creation of a Core Planning Team wherever astatine slightest 1 subordinate volition besides service connected the BEAD readying team;
Deployment of surveys and hosting of listening sessions to recognize the barriers faced towards Internet adoption;
Subgrants to organizations crossed the authorities that service underserved oregon underrepresented populations.”

“High-speed, high-quality net entree is simply a captious instrumentality for families to learn, get wellness care, enactment and link with 1 another,” said Gov. Roy Cooper. “This authorities and national concern volition assistance america proceed to adjacent the integer disagreement successful North Carolina.”

For much accusation astir the Internet for All initiative, delight sojourn InternetforAll.gov.

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