Wednesday, 10/15: We added Texas to our list of BEAD provisional awards. 49 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 recent grants were made by The New Jersey Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Equity (NJBIDE) Pilot Program.
New Jersey broadband BEAD funding will total over $263M. Providers will apply based on project area building blocks (PABBs) or sets of PABBs.
The New Jersey CPF award includes funding for NJ TRANSIT’s Connected Bus program, which will receive $15M for Wi-Fi on public busses.
Broadband Equity Access and Deployment or BEAD planning grants are to enable states to put together plans for how they will award