Illinois is setting the stage to use federal funding to provide broadband service statewide – Center Square

Devon Braunstein, director of the Illinois Office of Broadband, said Illinois will be receiving just over $1 billion for the broadband rollout. “So what the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program funds will do is offer the opportunity for internet service providers to build connections to every household and every location who do not have it so by the end of the program they will have at least one option they can subscribe to."
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9mm
1 year ago

Looks like Illinois just solved the migrant health care bill.

Fed up neighbor
1 year ago

Illinois has a director of broadband, another waste of money,absolutely insane

Daskoterzar
1 year ago

This program was not communicated to the public or local municipalities at all. Also, this program plans to spend $1B in Illinois to build Internet connections to underserved communities where 25/3 Mbps is common. This is often all people can get who pay for it! The “program” was supposed to allow the public to go to a state website, run a speed test 3 times and then the state would use this information to decide who gets some of the $1B to somehow enhance broadband. But gosh…no body heard about it…guess the state will have to “choose” what communities get… Read more »

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