Headline: Despite the uncertainty around BEAD, Zayo’s Bill Long expects state middle-mile efforts will keep ramping up.
Article: We’re all waiting with bated breath to find out the fate of fiber and the BEAD program in 2025. But states will keep going full steam ahead with their middle-mile fiber ambitions, said Bill Long, chief product officer at Zayo.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has already awarded nearly $1 billion in grants from its Middle Mile Program. Some of the recipients are states actively building out their own middle-mile networks, like California, Kansas, Maine, and Nevada.
Date: December 6, 2024
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