First Round of NTIA's BTOP Grant Awards Listed
[Source: NTIA, April 1, 2010]
Below is information outlining each BTOP grant award (as of April 1, 2010). Awards will continue to be announced from the First Round application pool on a rolling basis in 2010. All files linked below are in PDF format. (For updated information visit NTIA's BTOP webpage at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/projects.html)
Broadband Infrastructure Projects:
California: Expanding
Broadband Access Across California - $3.3 million
Florida: Ubiquitous
Middle Mile - $30.1 million
Florida: Expanding
Broadband Access Across Florida - $2.1 million
Georgia: Columbia
County Community Broadband Network - $13.5 million
Georgia: Expanding
Broadband Access Across Georgia - $1.4 million
Georgia: North
Georgia Network - $33.5 million
Idaho: Central
North Idaho Regional Broadband Network Expansion - $2.4 million
Illinois: DeKalb
Advancement of Technology Authority Broadband- $11.9 million
Illinois: Urbana-Champaign
Big Broadband - $22.5 million
Indiana: Broadband
Access and Equity for Indiana Community Anchor Institutions - $14.3
million
Indiana: Indiana
Middle Mile Fiber for Schools, Communities, and Anchor Institutions
- $25.1 million
Kansas: Expanding
Broadband Access Across Kansas - $998,000
Louisiana: Louisiana
Broadband Alliance - $80,6 million
Maine: Three
Ring Binder - $25.4 million
Massachusetts: OpenCape
Corporation Middle Mile Project - $32 million
Michigan: Merit
Network, Inc. (PDF 541 Kb) - $33,289,221
Navajo Nation: Navajo
Nation Middle/Last Mile Project: Quality Broadband for the Navajo
People - $32.2 million
New Mexico and Texas: ENMR-Plateau
Middle Mile - $11.2 million
New York: ION
Upstate New York Rural Broadband Initiative - $39.7 million
North Carolina: MCNC
- $28,225,520
Ohio and Pennsylvania: Northeastern
Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania Fiber Ring Project - $6.1
million
Oregon: Oregon
South Central Regional Fiber Consortium Lighting the Fiber Middle Mile
Project - $8.3 million
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania
Research and Education Network (PennREN) - $99.7 million
Pennsylvania: Enhancing
Connectivity in Northern Pennsylvania - $28.8 million
Puerto Rico: Construction
of Broadband Infrastructure for the Central East Region of Puerto Rico
- $12.9 million
South Dakota: Project
Connect South Dakota - $20.6 million
Tennessee: East
Tennessee Middle Mile Fiber Broadband Project - $9.4 million
Tennessee: Expanding
Broadband Access Across Tennessee - $1.3 million
Texas: Expanding
Broadband Access Across Texas - $4.7 million
Utah: Utah
Anchors: A Community Broadband Project - $13.4 million
Virginia: Mid-Atlantic
Broadband Cooperative – Southern Virginia - $16.0 million
Virginia: Nelson
County Virginia Broadband Project -$1.8 million
Virginia: Page
County Broadband Project - $1.6 million
Virginia: Virginia
Tech Foundation, Inc. - $5.5 million
Washington: Northwest
Open Access Network (NoaNet) - $84.3 million
West Virginia: Hardy
AnchorRing - $3.2 million
West Virginia: West
Virginia Statewide Broadband Infrastructure Project - $126.3
million
Wisconsin: Metropolitan
Unified Fiber Network - $5.1 million
Wisconsin: Wisconsin’s
Education and Library Broadband Infrastructure Buildout - $22.9
million
Public Computer Center Projects:
Arizona: Arizona
Public Computer Centers - $1.3 million
California: (Los Angeles) Los
Angeles’ Computer Access Network - $7.5 million
California: Transforming
Neighborhood Network Centers for Job Creation and Broadband Access -
$1.2 million
Louisiana: AccessAmerica
Video Remote Interpreting - $1.4 million
Louisiana: Louisiana
Libraries Connecting People to Their Potential - $8.8 million
Massachusetts: Cambridge
Housing Authority Community Computer Centers - $699,000
Massachusetts: (Boston) City
of Boston Public Computing Centers - $1.9 million
Maryland: Coppin
Heights-Rosemont Family Computer Center: Creating Jobs and Improving
Education and Health - $932,000
Michigan: Michigan
State University - $895,482
Minnesota: (Minneapolis/St. Paul) Broadband
Access Project - $2.9 million
Multiple: Latino
Microenterprise Tech Net - $3.7 million
Nevada: Access
to Computer Technology and Instruction in Online Networking (ACTION)
- $4.7 million
New Mexico: Santa
Fe Civic Housing Authority Public Computer Labs - $176,000
New York: New
York Computer Centers: Broadbandexpress@yourlibrary - $9.5 million
North Carolina: Mitchell
County Virtual Learning and Communications Center - $239,000
North Carolina: Fayetteville
State University/Fayetteville Metropolitan Housing Authority Computer
Center - $1.0 million
Rhode Island: Beacon
2.0 Library Computer Center - $ 1.2 million
South Carolina: SC
Reach for Success - $5.9 million
Washington: (Spokane) Spokane
Broadband Technology Alliance - $1.3 million
West Virginia: One-Stop
Public Computer Center Modernization - $1.9 million
Sustainable Broadband Adoption:
California: California
Emerging Technology Fund - $7.3 million
California: CFY/LAUSD
Family Broadband Engagement Program - $7.7 million
Florida: Miami-Dade
County Public Schools-Get Connected-Go Global - $3.5 million
Illinois: SmartChicago
Sustainable Broadband Adoption - $7.1 million
Massachusetts:
University of Massachusetts–Lowell - $783,094
Minnesota: Minnesota
Intelligent Rural Communities - $4.9 million
New Mexico: Fast-Forward
New Mexico - $1.5 million
New York: NYC
Connected Learning - $22.2 million
Ohio: Connect
Your Community - $18.7 million
(This project benefits Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, and Mississippi as
well)
Vermont: e-Vermont:
The Vermont Community Broadband Project - $2.5 million
Washington: (Spokane) Spokane
Broadband Technology Alliance - $980,000
West Virginia: Equipping
West Virginia’s Fire and Rescue Squads with Technology and Training to
Serve Communities - $4.5 million
