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  "description": "About 99 percent of current eligible broadband locations are expected to be covered.",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-05-30T20:55:24.000Z",
  "site": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com",
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  "textContent": "May 30, 2025 – Arkansas moved forward with its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment plans, announcing it will cover 99 percent of eligible broadband locations an at average per location cost of $7,072.\n\nWith 2,697 total bids received across 44 different providers, the new round of competitive bidding will result in $439 million remaining for the last 1 percent of eligible broadband locations around the state. The $439 million will come out of the $1.02 billion _Arkansas was offered_ from the BEAD program under the Biden administration.\n\n“Arkansas’ BEAD Program was built around highly efficient, market-driven outcomes, which is illustrated by the fact that all technologies, including fiber, cable, fixed wireless, and low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite have been selected in our program,” Arkansas State Broadband Director **Glen Howie** said in an email.\n\nTo finalize the bidding, Arkansas State Broadband Office plans to submit its Final Proposal to the NTIA ahead of schedule.",
  "title": "Arkansas Finalizes Bidding for BEAD Grants",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:28:41.585Z"
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