BEAD news
News on the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment programme — the US federal effort funding broadband buildouts in unserved areas.
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Latest BEAD stories
Funding & Grants
State broadband chiefs say BEAD 'true-up' round leaves gaps it can't fill
Photo: Broadband Breakfast
Funding & Grants
Washington signs first seven BEAD contracts in $165m push to connect 122,000 homes
Photo: Focue
Funding & Grants
Nearly one in three co-ops turning down BEAD money, NRECA tells Lutnick
Photo: Preston Keres / USDA
Evergreen guides
Explainers
How the BEAD Challenge Process Works — and Why It Decided Who Gets Funded
Photo: Lance Cheung
Explainers
What "Unserved" and "Underserved" Mean — the Two Words That Decide BEAD Funding
Photo: USDA Rural Development
Explainers
BEAD vs RDOF vs CAF vs ReConnect: How America's Four Big Broadband Programmes Differ
Photo: USDA Rural Development
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Funding & Grants
NTIA opens a second BEAD round: states can spend leftover billions on missed locations
Photo: Broadband Breakfast
Funding & Grants
West Virginia backs $100M+ Armstrong fibre push for 10,000 rural homes and businesses
Photo: TD&I Cable Maintenance
Funding & Grants
Indiana electric co-op wins $13.2M BEAD grant for fibre across four counties
Photo: Rural Missouri (Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives)











