Connect Michigan Awarded $3 Million in Recovery Act Funding

From WWJ Newsradio 950:

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration has awarded Connect Michigan approximately $3 million in additional funding, under the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program, to further implement broadband initiatives over the original five-year award period.

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SC gets millions to get more people online

From WPDE-TV - Online:

South Carolina will receive about $2.3 million to get more people online and at higher speeds.

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Iowa group gets grant to improve Internet access

By Nina Earnest/Daily Iowan:

Connect Iowa received $3.5 million from the federal Recovery Act to improve high-speed Internet access across the state.

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Kansas gets $4.4M from stimulus to expand rural broadband

From the Kansas City Business Journal:

Kansas has received $4.4 million in stimulus money to help expand broadband Internet services across rural parts of the state.

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Kansas receives $4.4 million for broadband work

By Rick Plumlee/The Wichita Eagle

Kansas has been awarded $4.4 million in federal stiumulus money to expand broadband development, the state's commerce department announced today.

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Connected Tennessee gets more cash for mapping

By Geert De Lombaerde/Nashville Post.com

Technology nonprofit Connected Tennessee will soon get a $2.7 million check from Washington to continue its broadband mapping efforts in the state for three more years.

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Connect Minnesota gets $2.7 million broadband grant

by Jim Hammerand/Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal :

Minnesota broadband got a $2.7 million boost from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Stimulus money allocated to expand broadband internet access in rural Alaska

From KUCB News:

UNALASKA, AK--More federal stimulus money is being directed to Alaska's internet infrastructure. The Connect Alaska initiative, a non-profit organization, has received $4.5 million in funding for the purpose of expanding broadband internet access in remote communities across the state.

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Internet mapping project to be updated

By Bob Zientara/The Ames Tribune:

On a hot August afternoon just outside the Ames city limits, two technicians met at a power pole along Arrasmith Trail. One of them was John Determan, a senior WIMAX engineering consultant. The abbreviation stands for “worldwide interoperability for microwave access.”

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