Expanded broadband access in Santa Cruz and adjacent counties got another boost with a new round of funding from the California Public Utilities Commission. The new funding comes on the heels of $45 million granted earlier this year to help fund 10 projects aimed at increasing internet connectivity in underserved areas around the Central Coast. It’s part of the state’s goal of ensuring broadband access to 98% of state households by 2032.
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$4.35 million grant will extend broadband in Santa Cruz Mountains
Santa Cruz-based Surfnet Communications Inc. announced Thursday that it will implement three grants totaling $4.3 million in partnership with the nonprofit California Broadband Alliance to extend fiber broadband to communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The grants were awarded by the California Public Utilities Commission.