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.
The $1.1B in Pennsylvania BEAD funding is more than most states are slated to receive. The state has about 236K unserved locations.
The Pennsylvania broadband awards will cover approximately half of total project costs of $407M, with providers covering the remainder.
Before a municipality can offer service, it must give the local telco the option to do so, the Pennsylvania broadband director told us.