South Carolina Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Five-Year Action Plan

South Carolina is excited to utilize the approximately $551 million of its allocated Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding to take the next steps to improve access to high-speed broadband across the state and has articulated its vision, goals, strategies, and other relevant information in this Five-Year Action Plan to describe both what the State of South Carolina intends to accomplish and how it intends to do so. The development of this Five-Year Action Plan involved extensive stakeholder outreach and feedback from residents, businesses, and organizations across the state. Feedback from stakeholders went into identifying needs, gaps and barriers and informing the goals and strategies needed to overcome these challenges. In addition, while South Carolina is continuing to finalize its Digital Equity Plan, outreach was also undertaken to organizations representing Covered Populations. Key digital equity-related observations are included in this plan, with further insights and details to be shared in the Digital Equity Plan.