The selection criteria for Hawaii’s BEAD Program applications are points-based, with a total of 365 points possible.
The Tribal Broadband Hawaii award went to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and will expand high-speed internet access and adoption.
Because it’s an island state, Hawaii’s broadband expansion plans face challenges unknown to most other U.S. states.
The rules for how Capital Projects Fund money can be used are less “prescriptive” than those for the BEAD program, notes Pew. Therefore,
The Hawaii Capital Projects Fund allotment was $115.5 million. The state will use $101.7 million of that for a subsea cable to
The Hawaii broadband planning funds include $5 million from the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program and
The Hawaiian Telcom broadband expansion impacted communities on multiple islands comprising the state and included several rural areas.
Hawaiian Telcom CAF deployments were completed to 5,000 of 11,000 locations for which the company received Connect America broadband funding.