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# GOP Policy Experts Offer Views on a Trump NTIA
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/gop-policy-experts-offer-views-on-a-trump-ntia/
- Published: 2024-10-29T18:09:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:02:07.000Z
- Description: BEAD funds unlikely to be clawed back, one expert said.
- Author: Ari Bertenthal
- Tags: SpaceX, Election 2024, Satellite, #with-siderail, Donald Trump, LEO, Fixed Wireless, NSR, Blair Levin, BEAD, John Kneuer, George Bush, NTIA, Crystal Tully, Wiley Rein, Elon Musk, #no-flux

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2024 - Two GOP policy experts expect federal broadband funding to change in a new Republican **Donald Trump** administration**,** with money going to alternative technologies, such as low Earth orbit satellite and perhaps unlicensed fixed wireless.

The experts engaged in a discussion moderated by New Street Research Policy Advisor **Blair Levin** Friday centered around the Biden administration’s $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

**John Kneuer**, the former head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration under President **George W. Bush,** noted that if Trump is elected, “\[BEAD is\] not going to stay the way it is.” 

Specifically, Kneuer noted a likely restructuring of the rules and regulations for BEAD by the NTIA, the body that [administers the BEAD program](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/bead-funding-allocation-announcement-gets-high-praise-from-lawmakers-industry-to-begin-new-broadband-chapter/).

Wiley Rein Special Counsel **Crystal Tully** agreed. She said that although it was unlikely that BEAD funding earmarks would taken back from recipient states, the funding would likely be re-prioritized. 

“I don’t think the money gets clawed back, especially from Republican rural states,” Tully said.

Tully referred to a recent push by Republicans to expand internet access using technologies other than fiber, highlighted by **Elon Musk**’s effort to provide Starlink satellite internet service to [aid in hurricane recovery](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/isps-helping-recovery-from-deadly-hurricane-helene/) efforts. 

“Republicans have really been out there supporting alternative technologies. Over the last few months there has been a lot of movement [toward low Earth orbit](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/analyst-look-to-amazon-to-bundle-prime-and-satellite-internet/) \[satellites\] and away from fiber,” Tully said.