The US Department of Agriculture is providing $759 million to bring high-speed internet access to people living and working in South Dakota, 23 other states and three territories (Puerto Rico, Guam and Palau).
In South Dakota, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone is getting just shy of $17 million ($16,957,883). This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 488 people, 88 farms and seven businesses to high-speed internet in Corson and Dewey counties. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Corson and Dewey counties and on the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Reservations.
In 2022, the Department has announced $1.6 billion from the third round of ReConnect funding. The investments include funding from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides a historic $65 billion to expand reliable, affordable, high-speed internet to all communities across the US. Many of the awards will help rural people and businesses on Tribal lands.
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