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To correct this, Carter is helping the city apply for $8 million in grant money, part of California’s Broadband for All project, to create its own new broadband fiber optic network. The pilot project would serve about 1,000 unserved households and 372 businesses, with City Hall, the Civic Center and Cal State Dominguez Hills serving as anchor institutions. Winners could be announced
For Misael Contreras, that would be a huge benefit, because she’s bracing for her internet bill to double in May.increasing her bill to nearly $80. That would be a stretch for Contreras, who lives with her family in a mobile home park near City Hall. But she The"last-mile," as it’s known, is what will connect that infrastructure to homes and businesses, and it’s money for that that Carson is applying for.The state is building a new open-access broadband network called the “middle-mile,” which refers to the physical infrastructure that’s needed to connect people to the internet.At least $3.8 billion in public funds. The project is the largest of its kind in the U.S.
$105 million has been set aside for projects in Los Angeles County. Telecom giant AT&T applied for $35 million in taxpayer dollars — and LAist recently found it plans to use part of that money to serve wealthy areas like Bel Air and the Pacific Palisades. Spectrum applied for $2.5 million to serve people in the Antelope valley.