Illinois and California both remain in a state of BEAD limbo
News Illinois and California continue to remain the only two states not to receive approval from...
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Several ISPs, including Astound, reject Oregon BEAD contracts
News Oregon’s rural internet expansion plans through the BEAD program have hit a roadblock this...
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BEAD delays continue to frustrate but how’d we get here?
Policy The government’s massive broadband spending program, known as BEAD, continues to lack...
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Sitting out BEAD? Why NOVOS FiBER’s CTO has no regrets
Podcasts NOVOS FiBER’s CTO has no regrets about the Dallas-area ISPs decision to sit out...
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Nextlink activates first BEAD-funded tower in Bienville Parish
News BEAD Southern Bienville Parish, in Louisiana, now hosts the first BEAD-funded tower to...
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Nebraska farm becomes first household connected with BEAD
News BEAD Vistabeam has connected the first household in the nation under the BEAD program, the...
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USDA seeks to cut ReConnect rural broadband grant program
News The Reconnect broadband grant program administered by the USDA has become the subject of new...
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Tarana says Starlink’s BEAD antics “pulled the rug out” from NTIA
Policy BEAD Next-generation FWA technology creator Tarana says Starlink has pulled the rug out...
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Denied in DC? Broadband funds blocked for District of Columbia
News Washington D.C. has had their funding for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)...
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Louisiana moves BEAD-funded project into construction phase
News Caldwell Parish, Louisiana has played host to a new broadband build as Louisiana begins...
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Back to books? Key takeaways from NTIA listening sessions
News Public listening sessions held last month on the government’s massive broadband build...
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Feds clear broadband spending plans for Alaska and Washington
News Alaska and Washington are the latest states to join the parade of states and territories to...
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Uncertainty and concern mounts for BEAD providers in Minnesota
Podcasts Bree Maki, Minnesota’s broadband director, says new requirements from the NTIA have...
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Lutnick testifies his intent to “hew exactly” to BEAD statute
News Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick clarified he intends to “hew exactly to the...
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Only 6 final approvals are waiting to be green lit for BEAD
News The NTIA has reached a new milestone with the announced approval of 50 final BEAD proposals,...
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Is a BEAD conflict brewing between NTIA and Starlink?
News Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX, is trying to change the government’s broadband...
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Latest BEAD approvals represent lots of delay, few changes
Bandwidth Hawk While officials have claimed billions of dollars in savings thanks to BEAD changes,...
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Nominations open for the 2026 Broadband Communities Awards
Awards The search for the “gold standard” in connectivity, multifamily tech, and...
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What were fiber’s 2025 gains? Will we see 2026 acceleration?
Viewpoints There are 84.6 million unique addresses that have fiber but there’s still plenty of...
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Surf Internet hits 250,000 homes milestone in Great Lakes region
News Surf Internet said it added more than 66,500 passings through November and expects to top...
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