Broadband Breakfast on September 24, 2025 - Broadband Mapping and Funding Accountability

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With BEAD final proposals cascading in, it’s time to check on the state of the data underlying the state proposals. What’s the basis for the most recent revisions? How have the state and national broadband maps been revised recently? With billions of dollars in public investment at stake, accountability and transparency in spending are more important than ever. Indeed, accurate broadband maps remain essential to ensuring that federal and state resources reach the communities most in need. 

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Panelists

• Doug Dawson, President, CCG Consulting
• Tom Reid, President and Co-Founder, Reid Consulting Group
• Bryan Darr, Vice President of Government Affairs, Ookla
• J. Randolph Luening, founder, BroadbandToolkit.com
• Drew Clark (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Doug Dawson, president of CCG Consulting, has worked in the telecom industry since 1978 and has both a consulting and an operational background. He and CCG specialize in helping clients launch new broadband markets, develop new products and finance new ventures. Dawson also writes the daily blog potsandpansbyccg.com, which covers a wide range of topics for broadband and related subjects.

Tom Reid, President and Founder of Reid Consulting Group, delivers the perspective of an entrepreneur and inventor with 40 years’ experience in the technology sector. Reid advises C-level executives at both public and private-industry clients focusing on strategic  planning, technology architecture and project management. RCG’s engagements in eight states have delivered 6,000 miles of fiber construction with a total project value of $1.6 billion and has secured over $330 million in grant funds on behalf of clients.

Bryan Darr is the Vice-President of Government Affairs at Ookla, spearheading the company’s programs for federal, state and local governments. He also leads Ookla’s advocacy efforts with lawmakers and policy organizations, promoting the value of crowdsourced intelligence to help with better data-driven decisioning. Bryan founded Mosaik in 1988 (originally branded as American Roamer) and began developing consumer roaming guides. The company ultimately built a global catalog of mobile network spectrum and coverage as well as developing and acquiring other telecom related datasets. In June 2018, Mosaik was acquired by Ookla. Bryan currently serves on CTIA’s Smart Cities Working Group, WIA’s Innovation Technology Council and the Wireless History Foundation’s Board of Directors. 

J. Randolph Luening is the founder of BroadbandToolkit.com, a leading provider of broadband infrastructure planning software and services.  BroadbandToolkit.com helps private equity investors, ISPs, and government officials make informed infrastructure investment decisions.  Mr. Luening frequently speaks and writes on topics of broadband policy and broadband economics.

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.