Updated Wednesday, April 22: Oklahoma’s final BEAD proposal was approved by the NTIA. 48 states have now had their final proposals approved.

Wednesday, December 3: We added California to our list of BEAD provisional awards. All 50 states have now announced provisional awards.

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

The Illinois subgrantee BEAD application and selection process will consist of up to three waves, beginning January 23.

Illinois will use the $23,732,912 of NTIA Capacity Grant funds to create a dashboard to measure progress toward digital equity.

Frontier plans to connect more than 700 homes and businesses to fiber broadband service in rural Illinois, through a Connect Illinois grant.
