South Carolina has received $551 million to help ensure high-speed internet coverage across the state
NEESES, SC – U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06) toured a broadband construction site in Neeses, South Carolina, where fiber is being laid by Comporium, Inc. President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has provided South Carolina with $551 million to connect every home and business to the internet. More than 170,000 homes now have high speed internet in South Carolina as a result of the historic investment of the Biden-Haris Administration. With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Congress has taken a significant step forward in achieving the Administration’s goal of providing broadband access to the entire country. The IIJA sets forth a $65 billion investment into broadband, for which $48.2 billion will be administered by NTIA’s established Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth.
“World-class high-speed internet service should be affordable and accessible to all Americans, no matter where they live. In South Carolina alone, over 350,000 people don’t have reliable access to internet at home,” said Congressman James E. Clyburn. “I was proud to visit the broadband construction site in Neeses, SC to see installation of high-speed internet fiber to connect homes and businesses in the region. It is estimated that 7,010 sites in Orangeburg County are not connected to the internet or have a weak connection. Rural America deserves the same level of high-speed internet service level that is enjoyed by urban and suburban America.”
Congressman Clyburn is the founder and Chair of the House Rural Broadband Task Force and is a leading voice on closing the digital divide. In addition to funds to expand high-speed broadband coverage, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law requires an affordable option to be offered along the newly built networks and invests in projects to facilitate internet adoption.
More information on how South Carolina will benefit from the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is available here.
A fact sheet on how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda has delivered for South Carolina can be found here.
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