Colorado Hoping to Up Participation in BEAD Round Two
The state is instituting a higher low-cost plan and more flexible project areas.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2025 – The second round of applications for Colorado’s BEAD dollars is opening soon, and the state is taking a few steps to increase participation and get closer to universal coverage.
Those include a higher low-cost service plan price, more flexibility with project areas, and incorporating new federal guidance on alternative technologies, among other things. It's the result of feedback the state received from ISPs after fielding its first round of applications under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
That round, which concluded on October 29, 2024, yielded bids for about 112,000 homes and businesses, but Brandy Reitter, head of Colorado’s broadband office, said the total BEAD-eligible locations is about 160,000.
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