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Rural Broadband – Yancey and Mitchell Counties

July 1, 2020

A $25.3 million Community Connect Grant from the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service in 2010 made it possible for a collaborative partnership between the counties and Country Cablevision to install fiber optic cables in Mitchell and Yancey Counties. Mitchell and Yancey Counties now have over 97% of homes and businesses connected to high-speed fiber optic broadband, with speeds up to 100 megabits per second for homes and 1 gigabyte per second for businesses. These are some of the fastest speeds in the state, competing with metro areas like Charlotte and Raleigh.

ncIMPACT Townhall: Broadband Under Quarantine

May 7, 2020

Broadband Under Quarantine Those who struggled with broadband access before the coronavirus, probably are struggling even more now. Communities across our state are working to narrow the digital divide, and, with the transition to remote learning and online classes, this … Read more

Rural Broadband

April 2, 2020

Rural Broadband At least 637,000 North Carolinians don’t have a minimum broadband connection recommended by the FCC. Most of these people are in rural counties. Anita Brown-Graham examines one western North Carolina county’s attempt to bridge the Digital Divide. Digital … Read more