Updated Wednesday, December 10: 29 states and three territories have now had their BEAD Final Proposals approved by the NTIA.

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

The changes from the initial round of BEAD funding in Tennessee to the Benefit of the Bargain round are eye-opening.

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

In this first round, Tennessee received 298 BEAD applications that cover 174 of the state’s 178 Project Area Units (PAUs).

With this new round of funding, Tennessee reports that it has now provided $683 million in broadband infrastructure funding.
