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County looking to spend the last of its ARPA broadband funds

MORGANTOWN -- In a quarterly update to the Monongalia County Commission, Comcast Compliance Manager Dana Gossert explained the design of a $17.8 million broadband expansion project is expected to be complete this year. The project will bring broadband to 2,175 unserved and underserved ...

Mon Commission, Comcast announce $17.8M broadband deal

MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Tuesday announced a $17.8 million public/private partnership with Comcast to deliver broadband access to the county’s western end and other unserved areas over the next 22 months.   Of that amount, $5,980,000 will come out of the ...

Federal dollars to give W.Va. internet a needed boost

West Virginia can now start drawing down the $1.2 billion — yes, that is “billion” with a “b” — in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program dollars. The federal funds are a big piece of the Biden administration’s “Internet for All” initiative, and of the three ...

W.Va. might soon join 21st century

Multiple broadband projects seek to connect unserved areas to internet The good news: West Virginia is slated to receive approximately $1.2 billion of $42.45 billion of the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program — the 11th largest allocation nationwide based on ...