Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) generated snickers and some jeers when he tweeted his excitement about the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding for Alabama. Even Twitter thought it necessary to add the context that Sen Tuberville voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that is providing this funding.
America is in the midst of a “rural renaissance,” thanks to unprecedented investment in broadband, said Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association. Every dollar invested in broadband yields four dollars in benefits, said Kathryn de Wit, project director for the Broadband Access Initiative at The Pew Charitable Trusts which has been closely following state broadband initiatives for several years and was instrumental in reshaping federal po
The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) approved an Order in docket CPF-1 awarding 65 grants totaling more than $61 million from the 2023 Capital Projects Fund (CPF) Grant Program. CPF grants are awarded by the PSC by in Congressional Districts One and Three.
The long-awaited NTIA announcements regarding BEAD Program initial funding allocations to states are now available to various entities—including broadband service providers, utility companies, and municipalities.
A deep dive and analysis into BEAD funding allocations. In this interactive webinar, experts will break down the state funding allocations and answer questions about what to expect. You’ll also get a preview of the BEAD Implementation Summit, hosted by Drew Clark and Breakfast Media, which will take place on September 21 in Washington, D.C.
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President Joe Biden has rolled out his Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) plan, which will be subsidized by $42 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. That is an obscene amount of money to invest in technology that will be obsolete by the time it's built.
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