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by ttyprintk 609 days ago
Great detail. Do you have an idea of overall installation progress? I read[0] 3 million done with 7 million to go.

[0] https://www.ntia.gov/blog/2024/every-state-and-territory-rea...

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No state has issued awards to ISPs yet. The NTIA has awarded "planning money" to state broadband offices to set up the program and review applications.

Only a few states have completed the application phase shown by the right most column on cost quest's dashboard linked below. Side note - cost quest is another example of government funding making a private company rich.

https://www.costquest.com/ntia-bead-program-dashboard/

Thank you. How many of these ISPs are small businesses?
Colorado posted a summary on their state office website and characterized the applicants at a high level:

https://broadband.colorado.gov/funding/advance-BEAD