Federal Regulators Announce $149 Million in Critical Broadband Funding for Georgia Providers

Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a subordinate of the Senate Committee connected Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Subcommittee connected Communications, Media and Broadband, applauded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for announcing that Georgia providers volition person $149 cardinal in funding to grow broadband entree done the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF).

“Hardworking Georgia families request reliable net entree for their jobs, education, wellness attraction and truthful overmuch more. Broadband is simply a inferior conscionable similar energy oregon water,” Senator Reverend Warnock said. “I convey national regulators for heeding my calls to accelerate the process of getting these much-needed funds disbursed, and strengthening our efforts to grow broadband entree crossed Georgia’s agrarian communities.”

On October 7, 2021, Senator Warnock pressed FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr successful a Senate Commerce proceeding connected the urgent request to supply broadband backing to Georgians. During the hearing, Senator Warnock specifically discussed the request for the FCC to rapidly administer awards from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to span the integer disagreement successful Georgia.

Nine percent of each homes and businesses successful Georgia—over 480,000—lack entree to prime broadband. Nearly 75 percent of those unserved locations are successful agrarian Georgia. The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund helps bring broadband and dependable services to millions of unserved homes and tiny businesses crossed agrarian America. Beyond the $149 cardinal announced, Georgia is expected to person an further $173 cardinal from the fund, enabling broadband entree for astir 180,000 unserved homes and businesses crossed Georgia.