MCNC, a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grantee in...
MCNC, a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grantee in North Carolina, finished the second and final phase of the $144 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative, said MCNC in a news release Monday (http://prn.to/19dXuKo). This project makes the North Carolina Research…
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and Education Network (NCREN), operated by MCNC, a fiber-based network spanning more than 2,600 miles in the state with 1,696 total operated miles completed at the end of the second phase, said MCNC. The project received matching grants from the Golden LEAF Foundation ($24 million) and the MCNC Endowment ($10 million), said the organization. “The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative provides more proof that the investments made under NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program are bringing greatly needed broadband to community anchor institutions in North Carolina and across the country,” said NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling. “MCNC has utilized nearly $104 million in broadband grants to provide every school in the state with an available broadband connection of at least 100 Mbps."