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.
Service Electric Cablevision (SECV) will use Nokia’s 25G PON equipment. The cableco initially will offer 10 Gbps symmetrical service.
The Pennsylvania CPF money will be administered by community anchor institutions via the state’s Digital Access Opportunity Grant program.
The Verizon Pennsylvania awards were from two counties that received federal ARPA funding. In an interview with Telecompetitor,