Method for Creating BEAD Funding Project Areas will Vary Significantly by State

The $42.45 billion dollars in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program will be disbursed through the states, and those states have significant leeway in how the project areas will be created. Those are the areas that subgrantees who will be deploying the broadband infrastructure will bid on. Some will use smaller areas bounded by Hex9 shapes, some will use census boundaries (Census Tracts, Block Groups or Groups) and clusters designed to maximize the state's goals. Some will allow the service providers in the area to define their own groups. #BEADprogram #Broadband #infrastructure

Links from Today:

Telecompetitor Article: https://www.telecompetitor.com/bead-project-area-possibilities-rules-vary-a-lot-from-state-to-state/

Louisiana BEAD page: https://connect.la.gov/bead/

Telecompetitor / CostQuest Webinar (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PvHHCfhKkg

NTIA BEAD Status Dashboard: https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/public-notice-posting-state-and-territory-bead-digital-equity

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