WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) — The FCC has authorized $121 million to improve rural broadband in 16 states, including South Dakota.
Midco will get $39 million to supply high-speed internet to over 9-thousand homes and businesses in rural South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota. The deployment will allow customers to get delivering speeds of at least 100 Mbps downstream/20 Mbps upstream.
“This round of funding is yet another step toward closing the digital divide, providing access to digital opportunity to over 36,000 more unserved rural homes and businesses,” says FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
This is just the latest wave of funding, following others in May, June, and July. This latest authorization brings the total funding to over $924 million.
Senator John Thune (R-SD) is praising the latest round of funding.
“Closing the digital divide in rural America is one of my top priorities, so I was glad to see the FCC will invest nearly $5 million in projects throughout South Dakota, expanding broadband to hundreds of homes and businesses in the state.”
