Currituck County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Cumberland County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Craven County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Columbus County: ATMC (Focus Broadband). ![]() Cherokee County: Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (Blue Ridge Mountain EMC).Chatham County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Catawba County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Carteret County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Camden County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Caldwell County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Burke County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Buncombe County: Frontier Communications of The Carolinas (Frontier).Beaufort County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Ashe County: Connect Holding II LLC (Connect Holding).Alamance County: NC Communications Advanced Serv (Lumos).Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Broadband Infrastructure Office, part of the Division of Broadband and Digital Equity, today awarded GREAT grants to expand broadband infrastructure to the following internet service providers: Cooper made the announcement of the grants at the Mebane Public Library where fiber optic internet provider Lumos received a grant of more than $7 million to provide high-speed service to 2,600 households and businesses in Alamance and Randolph counties. The internet service providers who receive grants must participate in the program that provides eligible low-income households with discounted high-speed service of $30 per month or a comparable low-cost program. “Thanks to this significant GREAT grant award funding, many more North Carolina families and small business owners will have the tools they need to succeed in today’s digital world.” “High-speed internet access is critical for people to work, learn, access telehealth and connect with one another,” said Governor Cooper. ![]() The program provides grants to unserved and underserved areas through matching grants to internet service providers and electric cooperatives. ![]() He says nearly 85,000 households and 2,400 businesses will have access to high-speed internet services through the Growing Rural Economies Access to Technology grants or GREAT. Roy Cooper announced more than $206 million in grants for high-speed internet access in rural areas in 69 counties across North Carolina.
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