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A Deep Dive On the BEAD Alternative Technology Guidelines

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Headlines: Rules for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)
Article: The National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA) detailed those circumstances — and which alternative technologies can be used — late last week. Here’s what providers need to know about the 15-page guidelines.
Individual states and territories are administering the BEAD Program, but must follow NTIA’s direction. As NTIA wrote in the alternative technology guidelines, the states and territories “must seek the most robust technology feasible at each location.”
Date: January 7, 2025
Read Full Article: Telecompetitor.com

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