New Mexico WISP Fears Overbuilding
The state posted its tentative BEAD winners this week.
WASHINGTON, August 27, 2025 – A wireless ISP in New Mexico says it’s worried it will be overbuilt by projects funded under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
The company, NMSurf, said in a statement it wasn’t able to meet deadlines to submit technical information proving that it provided the coverage it reported to the Federal Communications Commission.
WISPA, the trade group representing small and wireless ISPs, has raised the issue before, saying the process was often too burdensome for small providers and asking the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to step in. The group was hoping for as much of its members' footprints as possible to be made ineligible for BEAD funding.
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