Nevada’s final proposal details how it will use the more than $416 million in allocated BEAD funding to connect 43,715 homes and businesses.
The Final Proposal, which Nevada is ready to submit to NTIA, will include the provisional winners of the state’s first round of BEAD funding.
Nevada will tap other funding sources besides BEAD as it makes BEAD awards, said Broadband Director Brian Mitchell.
Nevada’s $250M Zayo middle mile award will go toward a 2,500-mile open access fiber network. Arizona is also funding the middle mile.
BEAD proposals include two volumes. While many states have had volume 1 approved, only a few have had volume 2 approved.
The rules for how Capital Projects Fund money can be used are less “prescriptive” than those for the BEAD program, notes Pew. Therefore,