Nebraska Reopens BEAD Bidding after a Few ISPs Refused to Sign Their Contracts
State officials did not identify the ISPs that walked away as the Nebraska Broadband Office now attempts to find new service providers to connect nearly 1,700 locations
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BEAD: Nebraska has reopened part of its BEAD bidding process after a few ISPs walked away from the state’s $45 million broadband deployment program. The Nebraska Broadband Office confirmed on May 22 that three ISPs declined to sign their subgrant contracts, citing changes to their business plans. State officials did not identify the providers, according to a report in the Nebraska Examiner. After weeks of questions, the office on Friday released the names of the seven companies that did sign, saying they will cover 88% of the roughly 14,000 BEAD‑eligible locations in the state. That still leaves about 1,700 locations still unserved. (More after paywall)
