A Decade Long Bureaucratic Obstacle Course Instead of Rural Broadband

There is a BEAD Dashboard that shows how the Rural Broadband funding bill created an obstacle course for providing rural broadband. The bill created a pointless process of creating plans and maps and approving nothing.

Each applicant got $5 millions near the start to fund them going through years of submissions, plan creation, map creation and state and federal challenges.

56/56 Eligible Entities have Initial Proposals approved by NTIA

47/56 Eligible Entities have concluded their state challenge process – Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, CNMI, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming

32/56 Eligible Entities have begun selecting service providers – Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming

4/56 Eligible Entities have completed service provider selection – Delaware, Louisiana, and Nevada

3/56 Eligible Entities have released their Final Proposal for public comment – Delaware, Louisiana, and Nevada