Governor Josh Stein Announces 30 More North Carolina Counties to Receive High-Speed Internet

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D-NC) announced more than $63 million in Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program projects to connect 18,889 households and businesses in 30 counties to high-speed internet.  These projects will be awarded by the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) and are funded by more than $44 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and nearly $19 million from selected broadband providers. The CAB program’s procurement process creates a partnership between counties and NCDIT to identify areas that need access, solicit proposals from prequalified internet service providers, and quickly make awards. Awardees must agree to provide high-speed service that reliably meets or exceeds speeds of 100 Mbps download and 100 Mbps upload. These awards add to the $533 million in Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology grants and previous CAB projects that will connect more than 211,000 North Carolina households and businesses to high-speed internet.