Wednesday, 10/15: We added Texas to our list of BEAD provisional awards. 49 states have now announced provisional awards.
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.
Pennsylvania had 239 BEAD applications submitted by 26 participating applicants, with 97% of eligible locations receiving at least one bid.
Pennsylvania BEAD applications are due January 21. Here’s our summary of the scoring criteria, including affordability, open access and more.
The NTIA award comes from the first round of the Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, with more than $800M for digital equity plans.