After four years of planning, a change in presidential administration that revised program rules, and months of delays, most ...

Adjusting Project Technology Preferences – Subject to certain exceptions for extremely high-cost deployments, BEAD Program rules currently require states/territories to prioritize broadband projects ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 25—A massive federal program meant to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the country is falling behind ...

In late 2021, then-President Joe Biden's administration announced the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, hailing it as the modern day equivalent to President Franklin D.

While the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program hadn't connected anyone to the internet yet as of November 2025, it was expected to begin doing so within the next year. Some of his ...

US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has been demanding an overhaul of a $42.45 billion broadband deployment program, and now his telecom policy director has been chosen to lead the federal agency in charge ...

K.C. Halm, Kasey McGee, John Nelson Jr. New BEAD Program policy notice substantially changes how billions of dollars will be made available for federally approved state high-speed internet deployment ...

The $2.75 billion program was created to boost digital skills and spur greater broadband adoption -- but one expert says it was canceled because its name included the "new four-letter word." Joe Supan ...

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has asserted for months that its "bargain" version of the federal $42.5-billion grant program to expand access to broadband internet would save taxpayers money.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student in Stamford, Conn., takes part in distance learning with the help of her mother. A federal program meant to expand ...