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  "description": "NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth’s team calls out Gov. Tony Evers (D) for saying Tuesday that BEAD left 30,000 Wisconsin locations unserved\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T12:40:19.000Z",
  "site": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com",
  "tags": [
    "BEADThe BEAD program is implemented by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the U.S. Commerce Department.Broadband BreakfastBroadband Breakfast",
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  "textContent": "💡\n\n■ Nexstar Asks Ninth Circuit to Narrow Scope of TEGNA Merger Injunction\n■ FCC Official: Eliminating $4.5 Billion High-Cost Fund Not at Top of Agenda\n■ AT&T Ramps Up Effort to Retire Copper Plant in California\n■ Carr Hopes to Address Prison Cell Phone Jamming This Year\n■ FCC Has 180 Days to OK Shark Attack Mobile Alerts\n■ Conservative Groups Press for LGBTQ+ TV Ratings\n■ LPTV Owner Bridge News Questions FCC’s Motives in Early License Renewal\n■ People: Carr Advisor Callie Coker Joins NCTA as VP and Associate General Counsel\n■ NTCA to NTIA: BEAD-Funded ISPs Need to Show Their Homework Online\n■ Barrasso Bill Would Speed Broadband Builds on Federal Land\n■ Georgia AG Chris Carr Loses GOP Primary for Governor\n\nBEADThe BEAD program is implemented by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the U.S. Commerce Department.Broadband BreakfastBroadband Breakfast\n\nBEAD: NTIA Administrator**Arielle Roth** isn’t playing “Wisconsin Nice” with that state’s broadband leadership, including retiring Gov.**Tony Evers**(D). NTIA is pushing back on Wisconsin’s recent claim that tens of thousands of homes will remain unserved as the state launches a new $60 million, state-funded Internet grant round designed to plug holes in its broadband map. In a press release on May 19, Evers said the spending was needed because of NTIA’s decision, engineered by Commerce Secretary**Howard Lutnick** in June 2025, to abandon the Biden administration’s expensive fiber preference in favor of technological neutrality in the $42.45 billion BEAD program. ** _(More after paywall)_**\n\n## Sign up for Broadband Breakfast\n\nLearn more about the politics of infrastructure, technology and telecom!\n\nSubscribe\n\nEmail sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup.\n\nBetter Broadband, Better Lives\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "NTIA Spokesperson: ‘Extremely Disappointing’ to See Wisconsin Spend $60 Million on Locations Already Funded by BEAD",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-21T19:50:29.656Z"
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