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Missouri broadband grant applications start soon
Missouri will start taking applications soon for a total of $5-Million in broadband grants authorized by the state legislature. Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn says it’s a first step in getting broadband to more rural areas of the state…
“Eligible applicants are going to be corporations and businesses, non-profit organizations and rural electric cooperatives. The money has to be spent for infrastructure needs and it has to be for 25 megabytes down and 3 megabytes up, minimum.”
She says those companies must be working toward the future which will ultimately help farmers, “It’s going to help lay that middle mile, so to speak, to make sure that we’re one step closer to getting internet to every farm and ranch and farmgate here in the state of Missouri.”
Chinn says it is NOT all the money that is needed to expand the reach of high speed internet to all of rural Missouri bit it’s an important part. Applications will be taken from December 5th through January 6th.
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