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  "description": "States may delete, but not add, BEAD-eligible locations",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-07-02T17:36:50.000Z",
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    "_effectively frozen_",
    "_released a new_",
    "_a June 27 post_",
    "All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit",
    "_BSL Fabric_",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, July 2, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has _effectively frozen_ additions to all state broadband service location maps.\n\nThe NTIA _released a new_ FAQ on Thursday designed to “assist recipients in better understanding the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program.” That FAQ instructed states that they are not allowed “to add new BSLs [Broadband Serviceable Locations] from Fabric V6.” States are only allowed to use Fabric V6 to remove locations that no longer exist or that are now reported as being served by an unsubsidized provider.\n\n“In short, the eligibility list is frozen but limited removals are allowed. Even if newer versions of the Fabric identify locations that appear unserved or were previously missing, they are not eligible for BEAD funding,” wrote **Alexis Schrubbe** , director of the Internet Equity Initiative at the University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute, in _a June 27 post_ to her _Deus Lex Machina_ Substack blog.\n\n\n\n_****FROM SPEEDING BEAD SUMMIT****_\n _****Panel 1: How Are States Thinking About Reasonable Costs Now?****_\n_****Panel 2: Finding the State Versus Federal Balance in BEAD****_\n _****Panel 3: Reacting to the New BEAD NOFO Guidance****_\n _****Panel 4: Building, Maintaining and Adopting Digital Workforce Skills****_\n\n All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit \n\nThe _BSL Fabric_ is a _dataset_ of all U.S. locations where broadband internet access service is or could be installed. The Federal Communications Commission _updates_ the Fabric semiannually to account for new builds or changing locations.\n\nWith this new FAQ, the NTIA has seemingly closed off challenges that would add BEAD-eligible locations. _BEAD maps_ have been a _subject of controversy_, with some arguing that they do not accurately reflect the true state of broadband coverage in the U.S.\n\n“Fabric v6 will not be used as a ‘true up’ in the manner that was permitted in the BEAD Challenge Process and is not used to change BSL eligibility from served to unserved or underserved,” the NTIA FAQ reiterated.\n\nThe updated notice comes in the wake of a recent study showing that the BEAD program may cost _billions less than expected_, due to a steep decline in the number of eligible BEAD locations.",
  "title": "NTIA Locks Additions to Broadband Maps Under BEAD",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:26:56.326Z"
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