Fifty-Three More NC Counties to Receive Expanded High-Speed Internet Access

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RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Division of Broadband and Digital Equity today posted Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program scopes of work to expand high-speed internet access to unserved and underserved homes and businesses at approximately 93,674 eligible locations in the following counties:

· Alamance County (2,283 locations) · Lincoln County (2,719 locations)
· Alexander County (2,677 locations) · Mitchell County (832 locations)
· Anson County (2,820 locations) · Montgomery County (2,272 locations)
· Ashe County (47 locations) · Moore County (4,096 locations)
· Bertie County (1,683 locations) · New Hanover County (188 locations)
· Bladen County (1,027 locations) · Onslow County (1,020 locations)
· Brunswick County (336 locations) · Pender County (755 locations)
· Camden County (1,108 locations) · Randolph County (2,319 locations)
· Carteret County (335 locations) · Richmond County (784 locations)
· Catawba County (2,302 locations) · Robeson County (2,755 locations)
· Cherokee County (6,278 locations) · Rowan County (2,883 locations)
· Clay County (1,614 locations) · Rutherford County (5,458 locations)
· Columbus County (785 locations) · Sampson County (2,718 locations)
· Craven County (2,731 locations) · Scotland County (676 locations)
· Currituck County (1,611 locations) · Stokes County (2,202 locations)
· Dare County (99 locations) · Surry County (811 locations)
· Davidson County (1,123 locations) · Transylvania County (1,481 locations)
· Davie County (1 location) · Tyrrell County (323 locations)
· Durham County (605 locations) · Vance County (2,621 locations)
· Graham County (1,188 locations) · Washington County (1,076 locations)
· Greene County (675 locations) · Watauga County (358 locations)
· Guilford County (2,138 locations) · Wayne County (2,986 locations)
· Hoke County (1,446 locations) · Wilkes County (692 locations)
· Hyde County (1,346 locations) · Wilson County (1,219 locations)
· Iredell County (2,198 locations) · Yadkin County (403 locations)
· Jackson County (4,876 locations) · Yancey County (715 locations)
· Johnston County (5,980 locations)

The division previously awarded nearly $118 million to fund CAB projects in 44 counties, bringing high-speed internet to almost 47,000 homes and businesses. Additional scopes of work will be posted on a rolling basis.

Internet service providers that are prequalified to participate in state broadband expansion programs may submit proposals to provide broadband to all or a portion of eligible locations within each county.

This public-private partnership will help achieve Governor Roy Cooper’s goal to close the digital divide and ensure more North Carolinians can access affordable and reliable high-speed internet. Funds come from the Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plan.

The CAB program creates a partnership among state government, county leaders and internet service providers to identify eligible project areas, develop the scope of work and fund broadband deployment projects with $400 million from the American Rescue Plan. With N.C. Session Law 2024-55 enacted Nov. 20, counties are no longer required to provide matching funds for CAB program projects.

Each county’s scope of work will be posted Nov. 26 – Feb. 17, 2025, at ncbroadband.gov/active-cab-proposals and will include the evaluation criteria by which an internet service provider will be chosen and the instructions for submitting proposals. A map of each county’s eligible locations is located on NC OneMap’s CAB Planning Tool. Internet service providers may submit protests to identify locations they already serve Dec. 2 – Dec. 13 for all participating counties.

For more information about the NCDIT Division of Broadband and Digital Equity, please visit ncbroadband.gov.

 

 

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