Via Spotlight PA: New Maps Will Help Decide Where up to $1 billion in Federal Money Goes for PA Broadband Expansion
HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania prepares for an anticipated flood of federal funding to improve broadband access, the state must first resolve a basic and yet surprisingly thorny challenge: pinpointing where high-speed internet is still unavailable. Almost everyone agrees that the federal government’s current broadband maps are deeply inaccurate… Read the Article
Via The Times: Four Beaver County Communities Closer to Full Broadband Access
The Connect Beaver County Broadband Program announced preliminary design will begin to expand broadband services to unserved locations in Beaver County. Hanover Township will be paired with Armstrong as the Internet Service Provider (ISP)… Read the Article
Via Beaver County: Windstream Awarded Rural Digital Opportunity Funding for Broadband
In late 2020, the FCC awarded funding for fixed broadband internet service in unserved areas in Beaver County through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). RDOF is a federally operated program through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) designed to bring high-speed fixed broadband service to rural areas of the country that are considered unserved (25 […]
