Colorado is a bit of an enigma. It’s home to numerous dense and high population areas including the Denver/Boulder metro area, Fort Collins to the north and Colorado Springs to the south. But as we learned in an interview with…
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New BEAD Rural Broadband Funding Resources Available
Several organizations have made useful resources available for state broadband offices and for providers interested in applying for BEAD rural broadband funding. NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association has released what it calls a “toolkit” to help the association’s small rural broadband…
Moving up the Timeline for Procurements for BEAD
This is the second article in a 3-part series on navigating the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program (“BEAD”) funding process and requirements. The first article explained the Buy America waiver issued in August by the Department of Commerce and…
NTIA Loosens BEAD Letter of Credit Requirements
NTIA will loosen the letter of credit requirements for the $42.5 billion BEAD rural broadband funding program, senior agency officials told reporters in a pre-briefing yesterday. The move came in response to service providers’ concerns that the letter of credit…
NTIA: Five More BEAD Proposals Submitted in One Week
Five more eligible entities submitted Volume 1 of their initial proposal to NTIA in the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity and Deployment (BEAD) rural broadband funding program in just one week. The proposals were submitted for guidance and feedback. Forty-nine of…
Virginia Broadband Director Shares How the State Got a Head Start on BEAD
Virginia will be receiving nearly $1.5 billion in BEAD rural broadband funding – one of the higher amounts allotted in the program. Telecompetitor talked with Dr. Tamarah Holmes, director of the state’s broadband office, about how the state got a…
NTIA Unveils BEAD Progress Dashboard: 44 States Have Shared Vol. 1 with NTIA
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has launched the BEAD Initial Proposal Progress Dashboard. The goal is to monitor progress and help eligible entities implement the huge $42.45 billion program. The number of milestones reached by each of the…
ISPs Urge NTIA to Reconsider BEAD Letter of Credit Requirements
Six of the country’s largest regional Internet Service Providers (ISPs), covering 44 states, are seeking alternatives to the current letter of credit requirement for participation in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. In a letter to Secretary of…
Unpacking the Buy America Waiver for BEAD
This is the first article in a 3-part series on navigating the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program (“BEAD”) funding process and requirements. This piece explains the waiver issued in August by the Department of Commerce and National Telecommunications and…
Google Fiber: Six Steps Toward a Successful BEAD Deployment
Google Fiber is offering several recommendations as state broadband offices prepare their Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Five-Year Action Plans and Initial and Final Proposals. There are six recommendations, many of which are supported by subsidiary suggestions. The…
Broadband Director: Louisiana Will be Tech-Neutral on BEAD. Say What?
When Telecompetitor interviewed Veneeth Iyengar, executive director for ConnectLA, Louisiana’s broadband office, late last month, we asked him a question we’ve been asking virtually all state broadband officials: Was he concerned that there might be areas of the state that…
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