"The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said today that it has approved award recommendations for 15 states and three territories in the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Telecompetitor reached out to all 15 states to ask about any changes made by NTIA. Several states answered us. We will update this post as more responses come in. The upshot: NTIA's changes so far have been relatively minor."
"According to NTIA, the revisions made to the BEAD awards for the 18 states and territories will save $6 billion. That comparison undoubtedly was made against the funding originally allotted to the 18 entities. The savings came, in part, from the June changes to the BEAD rules, as well as from a reduction in eligible locations between when the funding was allotted and tentatively awarded."
NTIA approved BEAD award recommendations for 15 states and three territories, constituting Benefit of the Bargain round approvals for those entities. The approved revisions for the 18 entities are projected to save about $6 billion compared with originally allotted funding. Savings resulted partly from June changes to BEAD rules and partly from a reduction in eligible locations during the more-than-two-year interval between allotment and tentative awards as the broadband industry completed numerous deployments. The first approved lists may have required the fewest changes. Several states revised awards lists multiple times, and some states responded to inquiries about NTIA changes.
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