Here is a look at four more statewide broadband projects getting underway after the USDA announced $1.2 billion in additional high-speed Internet access and adoption projects:

North Carolina: $83 million has been awarded to four projects that will expand rural broadband access across the state, building up thousands of miles of fiber and creating new jobs. Read about the projects here.

North Dakota: $24 million has been awarded for two projects to bring broadband and high-speed video services to underserved and rural parts of the state. The project is expected to reach more than 5,000 people, 450 businesses and 15 other community institutions, while creating at least 248 new, long-term jobs. North Dakota’s congressional delegation, Rep. Earl Pomeroy and Sens. Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan said in a written statement that the funding will “spur job creation and economic development” in the state. “This funding will improve broadband connectivity for thousands of residents and hundreds of businesses in rural North Dakota,” they wrote. Read more here.

Ohio: $14.5 million has been awarded to five companies who will expand broadband access to more than 20,000 homes, 450 businesses and 14 community institutions. "(Broadband) is in our time what electricity was in the 1920s and 1930s and the highway system in the 1950s and 1960s," said Rep. Zack Space said. "The gaps that exists in technology in the health and safety field will widen without this technology. Read more about the projects here.

Oklahoma:  The Cimarron Telephone Co. has been awarded $42 million to upgrade fiber cable in Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Payne and Okfuskee counties and build a wireless broadband network to serve parts of the northeastern Oklahoma area known as Green Country. The project will expand broadband access to nearly 10,000 homes and businesses. "This is an exciting opportunity for Cimarron and, most importantly, the communities and customers we serve," said Gene Baldwin, general manager of Cimarron.Read more here.