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TECHNOLOGY AND AMOUNT OF FUNDING Yesterday, SmarterBroadband, a local Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) was awarded $2.5M in funding from the Department of Agriculture to extend their Motorola Canopy technology infrastructure here in Nevada County, designated as a “rural” area. 75% of that funding is a grant, directly to the business, and 25% is a loan. The Nevada [...] Nevada County Connected received notice from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the Department of Commerce that our application was not accepted for BTOP (Broadband Technology Opportunities Program) funding. We had also simultaneously applied to the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) in the Department of Agriculture — because of our “rural” geographic status — for [...] |
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