Hawaii to get nearly $6M to provide high-speed internet access ‘for all’

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hawaii is slated to get $5.6 million in new federal funding to offer high-speed web entry to unserved and underserved communities.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, applauded the grant funding.

“Everybody in Hawaii ought to have entry to high-speed web,” Schatz stated.

“This funding will enable us to broaden broadband infrastructure throughout the state, and assist be certain that households and small companies can get reasonably priced, reliable broadband service.”

The funding comes from the Broadband Fairness, Entry, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, which expands high-speed web by means of planning, infrastructure deployment, and adoption packages.

With this award, Hawaii will obtain $5 million to establish unserved and underserved households, broaden the state broadband workplace, help the division of enterprise financial growth and tourisms efforts to raised perceive limitations for unserved and underserved communities.

“I’m particularly happy that this funding consists of help for broadband entry in Native Hawaii communities by means of the division of Hawaiian Homelands. As well as half one million {dollars} is put aside for digital fairness efforts to insure Hawaii residents of all backgrounds have the talents wanted to reach a brand new digital economic system,” Ige stated.

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