The Divide: Nate Denny on the 'billion-dollar mission' to close North Carolina's broadband gaps

This episode features Nate Denny, deputy secretary for broadband and digital equity with the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT). The department first kicked off a broadband grant program as a $10 million pilot in 2018. Today, NCDIT has a "billion-dollar mission ... likely to be a $2 billion mission in the near future" to close the digital divide through federal funding, says Denny.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.