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.

BEAD award money will go heavily toward LEO satellite in Colorado and Montana, but fiber wins in Arkansas and Maine.

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

Montana’s broadband office will hold a public event on June 25 to discuss the policy changes to the BEAD Program.

Montana’s broadband efforts took a leap forward when the state became first in the nation to open its BEAD Program application portal.
