US EditionBishop Paiute Tribe first in California to join state's middle-mile broadband network
The tribe will run its own internet service and keep profits as California expands an $3.2 billion open-access network.
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California announces nation's largest public broadband network
California just launched the largest public broadband network in the country — and its serving Indigenous communities first. On April 2, Governor Gavin Newsom officially "turned on" California’s new Middle-Mile Broadband Network (MMBN), part of the state's Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative and Broadband for All pledge. One of several projects funded by the $3.2 billion initiative, California's Department of Technology (CDT) repurposed dormant fib…
California Activates Nation’s Largest Middle-Mile Network, Connecting Tribal, Rural Areas
April 3, 2026 – California just activated the nation’s largest open-access middle-mile network, bringing it one step further in closing the digital divide. On Thursday, the California Department of Technology (CDT) announced that after five years of planning, building, and promising access, the state’s $3.2 billion Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative (MMBI) is now operational. The high-speed network connected the last mile to the state’s first cust…
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