dekalb county broadband task force

The Task Force was formed by DeKalb County Commissioner Mike Watson, Auburn City Councilwoman Natalie DeWitt, and Anton King with the DeKalb County Economic Development Partnership. The Task Force consists of representatives and experts from area economic development and business groups, broadband service providers, elected officials, and other community leaders committed to deploying fast, reliable broadband access to all DeKalb County residents and businesses.

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Broadband Resources

State:

- Indiana Broadband Office

- A one-stop shop for all broadband related questions, updates, and resources

- Subscribe to the IN Broadband Office for updates (enter email below) - https://www.in.gov/ocra/

- Find internet providers in your area

- See plans, prices & ratings for every internet provider near you

- Indiana Connectivity Program

- The Indiana Connectivity Program is an extension of the Next Level Connections Grant Program. The program allows unserved or underserved locations to apply for consideration in the Next Level Connections portal to initiate their interest in receiving broadband internet service. Internet service providers will have the opportunity to review the locations submitted by end-users and place bids to the state on the cost of providing service to these locations. Residents and businesses should leverage this program that lack broadband internet access.

Federal:

- Broadband USA’s Grant Programs

- A one stop shop for all federal broadband related questions, updates, and resources

- FCC Broadband Map

- To make sure that the funding reaches the areas that need broadband most, we ask residents and businesses to look at the map and verify the information is correct. This article states how to complete this in three easy steps.

- To view how to challenge, click here.

- To view a timeline and learn more about the FCC Map, click here.

- FCC Affordable Connectivity Program Homepage

- The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.