NTIA is “proud of the progress” its Broadband...
NTIA is “proud of the progress” its Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and State Broadband Initiative program have made over the past five years, said NTIA Chief of Staff Glenn Reynolds Thursday in a speech at an NTIA community broadband workshop.…
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NTIA is hosting a series of community broadband workshops to help states figure out how to move forward now that federal funding for BTOP and the Statewide Broadband Initiative Program is “winding down,” he said. Funding from BTOP has financed about 230 broadband projects around the U.S., while the State Broadband Initiative invested almost $300 million to aid states’ collection of data for the National Broadband Map and expand broadband capacity, Reynolds said. Future efforts to close the digital divide will require a “holistic approach” that involves robust broadband bandwidth, low-cost equipment and affordable service, along with collaboration among federal, state and local governments and the private sector, he said (http://1.usa.gov/1BefFgX).