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To the BEAD-Cautious, State Broadband Heads Say They’re Here to Help

"We're on your side."

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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To the BEAD-Cautious, State Broadband Heads Say They’re Here to Help
From left: Erin Gill, vice president of sustainability and government relations at the Knoxville Utilities Board; Eric Frederick, chief connectivity officer at the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office; Glen Howie, state broadband director at the Arkansas Department of Commerce; Sally Doty, director of the Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi; and Joseph Le, interim director of broadband development at the Kansas Department of Commerce

NASHVILLE, July 31, 2024 – The Biden administration’s $42.5 billion effort to end the digital divide is the largest one-time broadband investment in the country’s history, but it also has more hoops to jump through than previous broadband subsidies. 

State broadband heads, the ones ultimately awarding grants under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, tried to assuage some provider concerns at the Fiber Connect trade show here this week.

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