Updated Mon. Feb. 9: NTIA approved BEAD proposals for Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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

Updated November 20: NTIA changes to states’ BEAD Benefit of the Bargain award recommendations have been minimal, several states told us.

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.
