Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards More Than $12.6 Million to Expand Internet in 96 Massachusetts Cities and Towns
The Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) announced $12,671,242 to expand internet in locations unserved and underserved by broadband in 96 cities and towns across the state. MBI awarded the funds to two internet service providers, Comcast Cable Communications Management and Verizon New England, through the second round of the Broadband Infrastructure Gap Networks Grant Program, which deploys broadband infrastructure in areas that currently it. The Gap Networks program aligns with the goals of the federal Internet for All initiative, which aims to connect every community across the country to reliable high-speed internet.
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards More Than $12.6 Million to Expand Internet in 96 Massachusetts Cities and Towns