威斯康星州拨款近5,800万美元扩建高速互联网：46个项目惠及逾1.8万处地点
威斯康星州州长 Tony Evers 与州公共服务委员会（PSC）11月5日在州府 Madison 宣布，PSC 通过州宽带扩展拨款计划（State Broadband Expansion Grant Program）拨出近5,800万美元，用于为服务不足社区扩建高速互联网。
本轮拨款资助46个项目，将为全州超过18,000处地点提供全新或改善的高速互联网服务。州长办公室称，加上本轮拨款，自2019年以来 Evers 政府已帮助全州超过428,000户家庭与企业获得全新或改善的高速互联网服务，为历届州政府之最。
Evers 表示：「接入高速互联网是必需品、不是奢侈品，这正是我和我的政府过去八年努力的原因——确保无论邮编如何，居民与家庭都能获得可靠、负担得起的高速互联网服务。」他称这项工作已见成效，428,000户家庭与企业已有全新或改善的服务，本轮资金将继续弥合威斯康星州的数字鸿沟。
本轮拨款首次由威斯康星宽带办公室与申请方使用全国性的「宽带可服务地点」（Broadband Serviceable Location）数据集，更精确地识别与瞄准最需要高速宽带技术（包括光纤与固定无线）的地点。PSC 主席 Summer Strand 表示，自2019年以来该州在扩展高速互联网方面取得了历史性进展，本轮2026年度拨款将进一步推进这一进程，但仍有更多工作要做。
（来源：威斯康星州州长办公室）
Wisconsin Awards Nearly $58M to Expand High-Speed Internet to More Than 18,000 Locations
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, together with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC), announced in Madison on November 5 that the PSC awarded nearly $58 million to expand access to high-speed internet in unserved communities through the State Broadband Expansion Grant Program.
The grants fund 46 projects that will provide new or improved service to more than 18,000 locations across the state. With these latest awards, since 2019 the Evers Administration will have helped more than 428,000 homes and businesses across Wisconsin access new or improved high-speed internet service — more than any administration in state history, the Governor's office said.
"Access to high-speed internet is a necessity, not a luxury, which is why my administration and I have worked hard over the past eight years to ensure folks and families have the reliable, affordable high-speed internet they need and deserve, regardless of their ZIP code," Gov. Evers said. "That work has paid off with 428,000 homes and businesses now having new or improved service, and I'm thrilled we're getting more funding out the door so we can continue our work to close the digital divide here in Wisconsin."
For the first time, the Wisconsin Broadband Office and applicants used the nationwide Broadband Serviceable Location dataset to more precisely identify and target the locations in highest need of high-speed broadband technologies, including fiber and fixed wireless. PSC Chairperson Summer Strand said the 2026 awards further the state's historic progress in bridging its digital divide, though more work remains.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Wisconsin)
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