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Almost All Broadband Stimulus Grant Projects Completed as of Q3, NTIA Says

Nine Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grant projects were still underway Sept. 30, NTIA said Monday in a Q3 status report. After passage of the 2009 economic stimulus act, NTIA said it made available about $4 billion in BTOP grants to…

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broadband projects and almost $300 million to state broadband projects covering every state, five territories and the District of Columbia. By Sept. 30, NTIA said 271 projects had completed their activities, including 215 BTOP recipients, with one state and nine BTOP projects still active. During Q3, BTOP recipients deployed or upgraded 968 network miles, bringing the cumulative total to 115,665 miles, and another 88 community anchor institutions were connected, bringing the cumulative total to about 25,766, it said.