Broadband Breakfast on May 14, 2025 - Preview of Speeding BEAD Summit
With deployment pressures mounting and policies shifting, what will become of the $42.45 billion program?
As the BEAD program enters a critical phase, states face tough choices on speed, technology, and equity. With deployment pressures mounting and policies shifting, what will become of the $42.45 billion program? Drew Clark, CEO and Publisher of Broadband Breakfast, will host a "sneak peak" of the upcoming Speeding BEAD Summit that is taking place on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at Clyde's of Gallery Place Washington, D.C. The event will explore the key tensions shaping broadband policy in the year 2025.
- Drew Clark (host), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing tool to collect and verify broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.
Speeding BEAD Summit
A one-day conference on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
Broadband Breakfast
