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# One Year After BEAD Restructured, Some States Still Can’t Access Infrastructure Funding
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/one-year-after-bead-restructured-some-states-still-cant-access-infrastructure-funding/
- Published: 2026-06-09T21:30:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-09T09:53:08.000Z
- Description: Despite federal promises to accelerate deployment, states are still waiting on approvals to access broadband funds.
- Author: Jericho Casper
- Tags: BEAD, #with-siderail, Howard Lutnick, Andrew Butcher, MCA, VCBB, Christine Hallquist, Arielle Roth, Brooke Donilon

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2026 – The overhaul Republicans said would accelerate the nation’s largest broadband program has delayed it by at least a year. 

Twelve months later, some states have yet to receive federal approval to access infrastructure funding, just one provider is serving subscribers, and more than $22 billion in taxpayer money remains tied up in the Commerce Department where officials are [three months behind](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/lutnick-aiming-for-non-deployment-guidance-over-the-next-two-months/) a deadline for issuing new guidance.

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