Mass. receives money for broadband mapping

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By CBS 3 Springfield News

Story Published: Nov 6, 2009 at 5:45 PM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 6, 2009 at 5:35 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts has received about $2 million in
federal stimulus funding to help identify the speed and location of
broadband services in the state over the next five years.

Gov. Deval Patrick said on Friday that the grant from the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration will
help Massachusetts determine which parts of the state have
broadband, which parts don't and what types of broadband are
offered.

The state map will be part of a national map to be created by
2011 to guide policies aimed at expanding high-speed Internet
access.

Patrick met in Washington earlier this week with U.S. Secretary
of Commerce Gary Locke to push for the state's broadband
priorities.

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