Chickahominy indian tribe - eastern division our modern community in rural new kent county has not had the opportunity for broadband connectivity prior to 2024

To date, we have been reliant on cellular hotspots or CIT-ED tbcp round 2 2 satellite in almost all areas of the county. We are pleased that the county is currently installing fiber optic lines, and COX communications will provide commercial broadband service to homes and commercial buildings in the county beginning this summer. We plan to use tbcp funds to help subsidize the cost for our tribal members to subscribe to these new COX broadband services at GIG speeds by paying for monthly subscription fees. We will also distribute end-user devices (e.g., ipads and/or laptops) to families receiving bill payment subsidies so that they are able to take full advantage of their new connectivity options. In addition to assisting our members with their connections, we plan to upgrade the connectivity at our tribal administrative facility, and update the obsolete devices that our staff are currently using. Finally, to assist those individuals who will be unable to receive broadband at home, even after the current build-out is complete, we will outfit a 4-workstation internet CAF room at our tribal administrative facility, providing them a dedicated, quiet, reliable place to work rather than public locations like a coffee shop or the library, or in their cars in the parking lots of schools and churches.