NTIA Chief: BEAD Guidance on Non-Fiber Alternative Networks Coming Soon
The guidance will be up for public comment in 'a couple of weeks.'

The guidance will be up for public comment in 'a couple of weeks.'
NASHVILLE, July 29, 2024 – The agency in charge of the Biden administration’s flagship broadband expansion program will put out new guidance on using alternative technologies – like unlicensed wireless and low-earth orbit satellites – in “a couple of weeks,” its top official said on Monday.
“We’re putting this out for public comment, and we really invite you all to take a look at it,” National Telecommunications and Information Administration Administrator Alan Davidson told network operators gathered here at the Fiber Connect trade show. “Standby soon – that’s coming out very shortly.”
Officials say the first phase of the city’s network will install over 100,000 feet of new fiber optic cable.
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