While the BEAD Program continues to garner most of the attention when it comes to federal funding for broadband infrastructure deployment programs, in this blog we have consistently underscored that (1) there are other sources of funding available and (2) the BEAD Program may not be the best fit for every entity and project. The … Continue Reading
With the start of a new year came renewed activity in the broadband space at the state and federal levels. As expected, there were developments related to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (“BEAD”) program, the federal broadband funding program administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”). In our previous blog post in … Continue Reading
In our last post, we previewed that states would be spending the months leading to December 2023 preparing “Initial Proposals” to award the funds that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) allocated to them under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program (the “BEAD program”). The Initial Proposals are the documents that must (1) … Continue Reading
As previewed in our earlier post, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”) announced how much money each state and territory will be allocated as part of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program (the “BEAD Program”). Nineteen states were allocated more than $1 billion: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, … Continue Reading
Broadband maps and the promise of a boom in broadband infrastructure projects remain a focus of federal, state, and local leaders. Recently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published an updated version of the National Broadband Map, which identifies all locations in the United States where broadband service is or could be available and what broadband … Continue Reading
