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.
Jim Stritzinger, Director of the South Carolina Broadband Office, likes “to think of the work we’re doing as an Olympic relay race.”
The Comporium/York award came through a South Carolina broadband program that reimburses providers for buildouts that meet certain criteria.
Four local providers were the top winners over several rounds of South Carolina broadband grant funding that came through ARPA.
The new Gigapower markets are all in the Charlotte metropolitan statistical area, which spans parts of both states.