{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6112c6ffaae63d001577f9d8/6449203bf0688c00118b365b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Divide: Nate Denny on the 'billion-dollar mission' to close North Carolina's broadband gaps","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112c6ffaae63d001577f9d8/1682513940784-6922102e7566db3d9410d2c0c0e9aab8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This episode features Nate Denny, deputy secretary for broadband and digital equity with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://it.nc.gov/about/leadership/nate-denny\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina Department of Information Technology</a>&nbsp;(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.</p><p><br></p><p>The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page.</p>","author_name":"Light Reading"}