Updated Thursday, February 26: NTIA approved BEAD final proposals from Alaska and Washington. Also, NIST approval detail has been added.

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.

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.
