Alabama's Approved BEAD Plan Excludes RDOF Waiver

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2024 – The Commerce Department approved Alabama’s plan for accepting challenges to government broadband data – but without a waiver request the state had proposed in a draft of the document.

In a draft plan the Alabama broadband office put up for public comment in November, the state proposed allowing areas set to be served by a Federal Communications Commission subsidy to also be eligible for infrastructure funded by Commerce’s $42.5-billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.