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Gigi Sohn: The Town BEAD Forgot
In Louisiana's poorest parish, a $6 million BEAD fiber award became a $150,000 Starlink contract under the Trump administration's rewritten program, leaving Lake Providence behind.
Gigi Sohn is Executive Director of the American Association for Public Broadband. A former Biden Administration Federal Communications Commission nominee, she is Senior Fellow and Public Advocate at the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society.
Expert Opinion
In Louisiana's poorest parish, a $6 million BEAD fiber award became a $150,000 Starlink contract under the Trump administration's rewritten program, leaving Lake Providence behind.
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