News (AP) - U.S. gives $81M to state for broadband projects

LANSING (AP) -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm says two businesses and Michigan State University will get $81.3 million in federal stimulus grants to expand broadband Internet access in underserved areas. Merit Network Inc. gets $69.6 million under the grants announced last week. It's for service in the Upper Peninsula, northern Lower Peninsula and parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Bloomingdale Communications Inc. gets $5.6 million for service in southwestern Michigan, and Michigan State gets $6.1 million for work in south-central lower Michigan. The grants follow five totaling $42 million that Granholm announced Aug. 4. Michigan State and Merit Network got $34 million for broadband projects in January. Published: Tue, Aug 24, 2010

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