{"id":15706,"date":"2022-12-01T10:29:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=15706"},"modified":"2022-12-01T10:31:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:31:58","slug":"sen-ossoff-secures-historic-high-speed-internet-expansion-for-georgia","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-secures-historic-high-speed-internet-expansion-for-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Sen. Ossoff Secures Historic High-Speed Internet Expansion for Georgia<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Sen. Ossoff delivers $250 million to boost high-speed internet for families &amp; businesses across the state<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Sen. Ossoff has championed historic investments to expand broadband infrastructure<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering a historic expansion of high-speed internet for Georgia families and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff secured $250 million through the American Rescue Plan to expand high-quality internet access to families, small businesses, farms, and schools across Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a historic day for Georgia\u2019s economy. I have secured a quarter of a billion dollars to expand high-speed internet access for businesses, households, schools, and farms in every corner of our state,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Broadband providers in the following counties will be eligible to apply for the new grant program:<\/u><\/strong><strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Northwest Georgia: Bartow, Carroll, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson<\/li><li>Northeast Georgia: Banks, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe<\/li><li>Central Georgia: Hancock, Johnson, Twiggs, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson<\/li><li>East Georgia: Burke, Glascock, Jefferson<\/li><li>Southwest Georgia: Calhoun, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Decatur, Echols, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Schley, Seminole, Thomas, Randolph, Webster, Worth<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Sen. Ossoff secured&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-rev-warnock-ossoff-secure-upgrades-for-broadband-connectivity-across-central-georgia%EF%BF%BC\/\">upgrades for broadband connectivity across Central Georgia<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-announce-funding-to-expand-rural-broadband\/\">North Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the bipartisan infrastructure law, Sen. Ossoff also championed the expansion of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-rev-warnock-ossoff-working-to-help-low-income-georgians-afford-broadband-internet\/\">Affordable Connectivity Program<\/a>, which has helped more than 350,000 low-income Georgians afford internet service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgians can find more information about the Affordable Connectivity Program and learn how to apply&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acpbenefit.org\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ossoff delivers $250 million to boost high-speed internet for families &amp; businesses across the state Sen. Ossoff has championed historic investments to expand broadband infrastructure Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering a historic expansion of high-speed internet for Georgia families and businesses. Sen. 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