(Washington, D.C.) -- Seven-hundred-million dollars in broadband expansion funding has been announced by the federal government for projects in 19 states, including Oregon. In Wasco County, the North-State Telephone Company will get funding to connect nearly 15-hundred people, 64 businesses and 43 farms to high-speed internet. In northern California, the Cal-Ore Telephone Company will connect 757 people, 45 businesses, 14 farms, and four educational facilities to the internet in Modoc and Siskiyou counties.