A BEAD on Nebraska broadband: State reopens provider applications with over $300M still in limbo

As Nebraska establishes its first broadband connections through the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) ...
Broadband Communities

Nebraska farm becomes first household connected with BEAD

Vistabeam has connected the first household in the nation under the BEAD program, the provider announced last week in ...
JD Supra

NTIA Restructures BEAD Program with Major Broadband Funding Changes

On Friday, June 6, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a highly anticipated Policy Notice (Notice) making significant changes to the NTIA’s rules ...
The Hill

We’re trading centuries of Internet access for one more mile of fiber

Imagine being told that your state government has the funds to give your family an affordable high-speed Internet connection — not just this year, but every year for the next two centuries. Now ...
Government Technology

NTIA's Fiber-Only BEAD Policy Limits Broadband Expansion

In a roundtable of state broadband leaders in 2022 we were asked what was the one thing we each feared as the U.S. got ready to spend $45 billion for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) ...
The Journal

BEAD program changes trigger alarm bells and protests

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has been vowing to “revamp” the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program—a federal-state partnership established by Congress in the ...
SDxCentral

BEAD program director departs, says focus on satellites has been favored ahead of fiber

The director of the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program has warned that rural America could be left behind if satellite-based alternatives are prioritized over fiber ...
Government Technology

What’s New in Digital Equity: BEAD Non-Deployment Funds

Time is running out to advocate for guidance from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on how states can use Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program non ...
The Durango Herald

Restructured BEAD program slows broadband progress in Southwest Colorado

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration released its restructuring plans on Friday for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. BEAD allocated $42.45 billion – $826 ...
CNET

No More Broadband Delays as State Legislators Urge DC to 'Get Out of the Way'

The Trump administration is reportedly changing rules to the $42.5 billion BEAD Program to favor Elon Musk’s Starlink. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and ...
American Enterprise Institute

NTIA Streamlines BEAD Program, but Risks Further Delays

On June 6, the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) issued its long-awaited overhaul of the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. This new ...