Tuesday, 10/21: We added Washington, D.C. to our list of BEAD provisional awards. 49 states have announced provisional awards.

This comprehensive update details, as far as possible, the BEAD Benefit of the Bargain funding round for each state.

“We’re not just looking at access,” says Connecticut’s state broadband director. “We’re also looking at adoption and affordability.”

88 cities and towns in Connecticut, including 26 on the state’s Distressed Municipalities list, will benefit from the broadband awards.

The rules for how Capital Projects Fund money can be used are less “prescriptive” than those for the BEAD program, notes Pew. Therefore,

Gigabit broadband availability is best in the central part of the U.S., according to research from Smarthomestarter.com. The state with
