好消息！数百万美元的拨款用于北卡高速互联网扩张

对于北卡罗来纳州的一些地区的人来说，高速互联网已经无法使用。

但现在，得益于额外的8000万美元的农村经济增长和获得技术(很好)的赠款，这种情况将发生改变。

北卡罗来纳州将能够扩展宽带。

州长Cooper宣布周四，将向数千个还没有选择的家庭和企业提供服务，直到现在。

北卡罗来纳州信息技术部(N.C.Department of Information Technology)宽带与数字权益部副部长Nate Denny表示：“我们昨天颁发的奖项将把33个县的逾2.5万户新家庭以及大约860家新企业与高速互联网联系起来。”“我们知道，这对现代生活的几乎每一个部分都很重要。”

将扩大服务的县包括：

• Alamance County: Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC (AT&T North Carolina)
• Beaufort County: Spectrum Southeast, LLC (Charter Communications)
• Bertie County: Roanoke Connect Holdings (Fybe)
• Bladen County: Star Telephone Membership Corp (Star Communications)
• Buncombe County: Skyrunner Inc.
• Burke County: Spectrum Southeast, LLC (Charter Communications)
• Caldwell County: Spectrum Southeast, LLC (Charter Communications)
• Caswell County: Spectrum Southeast, LLC (Charter Communications)
• Catawba County: Spectrum Southeast, LLC (Charter Communications)
• Chatham County: Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC (AT&T North Carolina)
• Cherokee County: CND Acquisition Corporation
• Chowan County: ATMC (Focus Broadband)
• Clay County: Blue Ridge Mountain EMC
• Duplin County: Hosted America LLC
• Durham County: NC Communications Advanced Services, LLC (Lumos)
• Graham County: Zito West Holding, LLC
• Greene County: Nfinity Link Communications Inc.
• Guilford County: NC Communications Advanced Services, LLC (Lumos)
• Halifax County: Connect Holding II LLC (Brightspeed)
• Jackson County: Balsam West
• Lee County: Ting Fiber Inc.
• Macon County: Balsam West
• Montgomery County: Spectrum Southeast, LLC (Charter Communications)
• Moore County: Spectrum Southeast, LLC (Charter Communications)
• Nash County: Connect Holding II LLC (Brightspeed)
• Perquimans County: ATMC (Focus Broadband)
• Person County: Connect Holding II LLC (Brightspeed)
• Pitt County: Spectrum Southeast, LLC (Charter Communications)
• Swain County: Cherokee Cablevision, Inc.
• Transylvania County: Citizens Telephone Company
• Wake County: Connect Holding II LLC (Brightspeed)
• Warren County: Zitel LLC
• Wayne County: NC Communications Advanced Services, LLC (Lumos)

除了提供高速互联网，这项拨款还要求服务提供商向低收入家庭提供每月30美元的折扣。