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  "description": "Based on tentative results, about 65% of BEAD locations are in line for fiber. Another 22% will get satellite, and 10% will get fixed wireless.",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-12-15T14:59:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com",
  "tags": [
    "_****One Carr driving the Federal Communications Commission****_",
    "_****Two superpowers racing toward AI superintelligence dominance****_",
    "_****Three branches of government (and some formerly independent agencies)****_",
    "_****Four programs with Universal Service Funds****_",
    "_****56 states and territories without digital equity grants****_",
    "_****Less than 6 months for a broadband permit****_",
    "_****Data center-powered electricity bills up 70 percent****_",
    "_****800 megahertz of spectrum to sell at auction****_",
    "_****$9 billion + 12 billion (or $21 billion) in BEAD remaining funds****_",
    "_****Not even $10/month for an affordable connectivity program****_",
    "_****Through BEAD and broadband, 110 million locations served****_",
    "_****More than 1200 megahertz of spectrum for unlicensed wireless****_",
    "_****Click to read each of the 12 Days of Broadband articles!****_",
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  "textContent": "_Editor's Note: Published on Dec. 15, 2025; republished on Jan. 5, 2026._\n\nIn January, three states’ spending plans under the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program had been approved by the Commerce Department, and more than a dozen others had begun taking grant applications.\n\n#### 12 Days of Broadband 2025 (click to open)\n\n  * _****On the First Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****One Carr driving the Federal Communications Commission****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Second Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Two superpowers racing toward AI superintelligence dominance****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Third Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Three branches of government (and some formerly independent agencies)****__****.****_\n  * _****On the Fourth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Four programs with Universal Service Funds****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Fifth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****56 states and territories without digital equity grants****_.\n  * _****On the Sixth Day of Broadband, my true level sent to me:****__****Less than 6 months for a broadband permit****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Seventh Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Data center-powered electricity bills up 70 percent****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Eighth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****800 megahertz of spectrum to sell at auction****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Ninth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****$9 billion + 12 billion (or $21 billion) in BEAD remaining funds****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Tenth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Not even $10/month for an affordable connectivity program****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Eleventh Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Through BEAD and broadband, 110 million locations served****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Twelfth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****More than 1200 megahertz of spectrum for unlicensed wireless****_ _****.****_\n\n\n\n_****Click to read each of the 12 Days of Broadband articles!****_\n\nBy June, that would no longer be the case. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a directive rescinding those approvals and requiring states to hold another bidding rounds – by then more than 40 states had begun fielding applications – under new rules that were less favorable to fiber.\n\nThe directive wasn’t entirely unexpected. Commerce Secretary **Howard Lutnick** had said in March the agency was reviewing the program to make it more “tech-neutral” and cut down spending – fiber can be more expensive to deploy.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "2025 Was a Year of More BEAD Turmoil",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T05:41:32.489Z"
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