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Colorado BEAD: Fiber Share Falls Dramatically, to 40% from 70%

NTIA Chief Counsel David Brodian confirmed receipt of a final BEAD proposal, from Louisiana.

Cameron Marx

Cameron Marx

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Colorado BEAD: Fiber Share Falls Dramatically, to 40% from 70%
Photo of (from left) Colorado broadband officer Brandy Reitter, economists James Prieger and Janice Hauge, and David Brodian, chief counsel at the Commerce Department's NTIA, speaking on a panel in Aspen on Tuesday

ASPEN, Colo., August 19, 2025 – It was a good day for the satellite industry in Colorado.

On Tuesday the executive director of Colorado’s Broadband Office Brandy Reitter offered a sneak preview of results from Colorado’s Benefit of the Bargain Round.

Under the old Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, roughly 70 percent of Colorado’s locations were set to be served by fiber, and 30 percent were to be served by fixed wireless and low-earth orbit satellites. Now, only 40 percent of Colorado’s locations are set to be served by fiber, with most the remaining 60 percent going to LEO.

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