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BEAD
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08/20/2025
West Virginia Sends in Final BEAD Proposal
West Virginia is the latest state to submit its final proposal for BEAD, and to SpaceX’s dismay, it’s another fiber-heavy game plan.
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08/19/2025
Starlink Continues to Make BEAD Challenges
As expected, Starlink parent SpaceX raised objections to Louisiana’s final proposal for BEAD.
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08/15/2025
BEAD Read: States Face the Starlink Factor
Virginia is the first test balloon for whether Starlink will be able to claw back more BEAD funding for satellite broadband. But it probably won’t be the last.
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08/13/2025
O’Rielly’s TMT Whiteboard: Congressional Earmarks & Internet Access
After years in mothballs, Congress recently brought back the process of including earmarks within its appropriations process as a means to distribute funds to projects it deems worthy.
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08/12/2025
Even With Changes, BEAD Has Uncertainty
To BEAD, or not to BEAD. That is the question providers across the U.S. have been asking as complaints about the program’s stagnation proliferate, but there’s hope for movement soon.
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08/11/2025
TIS2025 Notebook
Cable operators’ confidence in how they stand against satellite and fixed wireless competitors has steadily grown in recent months.