Final BEAD Proposals Will Be Quicker, NTIA Deputy Says
NTIA deputy says the agency has 'learned a lot' when it comes to approving state proposals.

NTIA deputy says the agency has 'learned a lot' when it comes to approving state proposals.
DENVER, August 7, 2024 – The approval process for final proposals under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program will be much more streamlined than the process for initial proposals.
That was the message of Evan Feinman, deputy associate administrator for BEAD at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, during his appearance at the broadband conference Mountain Connect here on Wednesday.
The city promises options ranging from symmetrical 300 megabits per second to symmetrical 1 gigabit per second.
BEAD should use all technologies, but not all technologies are equal.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opposed moving forward with the $9 billion fund as a commissioner.
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