Wednesday, 10/15: We added Texas to our list of BEAD provisional awards. 49 states have now announced provisional awards.
Louisiana tentatively selected 12 new BEAD awardees to share $499M in rural broadband funding. Initially 21 entities were slated for funding.
This comprehensive update details, as far as possible, the BEAD Benefit of the Bargain funding round for each state.
Service providers recommended for funding in the Louisiana BEAD final proposal have been approved, the state broadband director told us.
Of 33 providers cleared to apply for Louisiana BEAD funds, 20 won something, Iyengar told us. AT&T won numerous project areas.
Louisiana broadband awards will be announced November 1 if all goes as planned. We talked to the state broadband director about that plan.