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  "description": "The ‘Benefit of the Bargain’ round is underway in 48 states and territories",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, July 21, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced Monday that it had approved revised Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment initial proposals from all 56 states and territories.\n\nWith the NTIA approval, every state was now able to conduct a “Benefit of the Bargain” round that will determine which internet-service providers will receive funds. States have until September 4, 2025, to submit a final proposal that includes the results of at least one “Benefit of the Bargain” round.\n\nThe NTIA also released a _dashboard_ showing each state and territory’s BEAD progress. According to that dashboard, 48 states and territories have started the “Benefit of the Bargain” round.\n\n\n\n_****There's a whole community behind your FREE membership...****_\n\n There's a whole community behind your FREE membership... \n\nState leaders have been working to submit their revised BEAD initial proposals since the NTIA _announced changes_ to the program on June 6. Those changes came after the NTIA had put a _pause_ on the program, garnering months of _speculation_ over BEAD’s future.\n\nTrump administration changes to the program include the requirement that states _not prioritize_ one broadband technology over another, and redo bidding rounds for providers seeking funds to provide broadband.\n\nCommerce Secretary **Howard Lutnick** _promised_ lawmakers in June that BEAD money would be out the door by the end of the year. Though some _have welcomed_ the changes to the program, many have _raised concerns_ that its technology neutral approach may allow satellite companies like Starlink to win a large number of locations at the expense of fiber providers.\n\nNTIA’s announcement comes as the Senate was poised to confirm**Arielle Roth** as the NTIA's next administrator.",
  "title": "NTIA Approves Updated BEAD Initial Proposals From All 56 States and Territories",
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