Satellite Broadband and BEAD

In 2022, the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program largely excluded satellite broadband from its Notice of Funding Opportunity, due to reliability concerns over the technology's nascent state. But recent guidance from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has cracked the door open, allowing alternative technologies like satellite broadband to compete for BEAD funding in high-cost areas - provided they can meet the program’s performance standards. How will fiber and wireless projects be impacted? How will the BEAD program be affected?

Panelists

• Gary Bolton, President and CEO, Fiber Broadband Association
• Other panelists have been invited
• Ted Hearn (moderator), Managing Editor, Broadband Breakfast