Visual story What is BEAD?
BEAD is the largest single broadband investment in US history: $42.45 billion of federal money to connect every unserved American home and business. This visual story explains how it works.
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Visual story How the BEAD challenge process worked
Before a dollar of BEAD money could be awarded, every state had to let its broadband maps be challenged — and correct the errors. This visual story explains the four-phase process.
Visual story Fibre vs fixed wireless vs satellite
With all 56 BEAD final proposals approved, the technology split is legible: fibre won roughly two-thirds of funded locations, satellite a fifth, fixed wireless the rest. A visual explainer.
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