Updated Thursday, January 8: Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Nevada are now among the 39 states with approved BEAD proposals.

Wednesday, December 3: We added California to our list of BEAD provisional awards. All 50 states have now announced provisional awards.

Updated November 20: NTIA changes to states’ BEAD Benefit of the Bargain award recommendations have been minimal, several states told us.

This comprehensive update details, as far as possible, the BEAD Benefit of the Bargain funding round for each state.

The proposed Rhode Island BEAD scoring criteria are grouped into priority broadband projects and other last-mile projects.

Verizon won broadband funding for the Rhode Island communities of Jamestown ($2,071,245) and Westerly ($1,564,635).
