President Biden is heading to North Carolina on Thursday to announce $82 million in new investments to connect homes and businesses in the state to high-speed internet.

He will go to the Raleigh-Durham area in the critical battleground state to make the announcement, alongside Gov. Roy Cooper (D). The funding comes from the American Rescue Plan, which was the COVID-19 relief package Biden signed into law in 2021, and aims to connect an additional 16,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina.

The investment, according to a fact sheet from the White House, will also create jobs in manufacturing and construction to produce “Made-in-America fiber-optic cable that will build out internet infrastructure across the country.”

  • @SinningStromgald
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    The article is light on details too, so I suspect most of this money is going to telecoms again for them to run the fiber, and like every other time we’ve given them money, **they’ll likely just keep it and not do anything **

    That is the real problem, the government throwing money at Telcos and expecting them to do something other than line their bottom line.

    • @givesomefucks
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      -210 months ago

      A cynic would say Biden knows this and is trying to get in with giant telecos and trick voters.

      Although it would be even worse if he legitimately expects them to go or their end.

      Considering Biden legitimately ran his last primary on his ability to cooperate with Republicans…

      There’s a pretty good chance he’s not smart enough to see this coming. If he is, then he’s still just lying and doesn’t see an issue with that.