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02/05/2026

BEAD Update: Where Non-Deployment Dollars Should Go & the Starlink Question

With the Trump administration’s restructuring of the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program and “Benefit of the Bargain” reforms, the initiative is expected to have about $21 billion in leftover funds. How will that money be spent?

By Amy Maclean

Found in: INCOMPAS / NTIA / Crown Castle / Ben Sanborn / Starlink / BEAD / FBA / Incompas Policy Summit / Conterra Networks
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02/04/2026

Incompas Summit Shares Permitting Bright Spots

Talk to any broadband provider about the biggest pain points in deployment and they’ll inevitably mention permitting.

By Amy Maclean

Found in: Shelley Moore Capito / Ben Sanborn / Ariane Schaffer / Brian Fitzpatrick / GFiber / Incompas Policy Summit / Conterra Networks / FCC / INCOMPAS
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07/01/2019

Senators Propose FCC Partner with States on Rural Broadband

Sens Susan Collins (R-ME) and Doug Jones (D-AL) teamed up to introduce a bipartisan bill directing the FCC to offer up $5bln in matching grants

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: FCC / Ben Sanborn / Telephone Association of Maine

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