NTIA Sets Another $63 Million in Grants For Broadband Adoption

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The National Telecommunications & Information
Administration just announced another $63 million in grants for broadband
adoption, part of the $7 billion-plus being handed out by the Department of
Commerce and the USDA as part of the broadband portion of the stimulus program.

The new grants are a mix of infrastructure and adoption
programs, including a Michigan State University
computer center and a University
of Massachusetts adoption
education program.

The newest grants go to Massachusetts,
Michigan and North Carolina and come a day after NTIA
released new bidding rules it hopes will make it easier for the second, and
final, round of bidding starting next month.

NTIA has given out about $200 million so far.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.