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Virginia Shifts $700 Million In Relief Funds To Boost Rural Broadband Access

Win McNamee / Getty Images Tony and Debbie Steffey are retirees who live on a fixed income in southwest Virginia, and they re desperate for internet. To get it, they d have to pay $10,000 for a fiber line to their double-wide trailer in the community of Carbo. We don t have it, we have no choice, Debbie Steffey, 67, said of not having the money to pay for the construction of a line. We don t even have email or nothing, added Tony Steffey, 65. It s the Steffeys desperation that sent them to an event Friday in Abingdon, which is close to some of the state s most restricted areas for broadband access. They wanted to talk to U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia to find an answer to their internet woes.

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HEATHER ROUSSEAU, The Roanoke Times  A tower outside B2X Online in Salem. Gov. Northam said his proposal would move up his 10-year goal for achieving universal internet access in Virginia from 2028 to 2024. David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier  Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks after being presented a Virginia walking stick by Director of Virginia State Parks Melissa Baker during the dedication ceremony for the new Clinch River State Park near St. Paul, Virginia, on Wednesday. Gov. Ralph Northam announced on Friday that he wants to use $700 million of Virginia’s federal funding under the American Rescue Plan in order to achieve universal broadband coverage in the state by 2024.

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