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  "description": "Internet providers have pledged $11.4 billion in matching funds — 37% of project costs and well above the program’s 25% minimum\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T15:48:24.000Z",
  "site": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com",
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  "textContent": "💡\n\n■ Cogeco Takes Massive $1.2 Billion Impairment Charge Against U.S. ISP Breezeline\n■ NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Asked to Testify Before House Panel\n■ Analyst Supino to Starlink: Think about Buying AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile\n■ Sen. Sanders: U.S. Should Own 50% of Major AI Companies\n■ Insider Monkey: Charter Second-Most Oversold Stock in S&P 500\n■ House Panel to Review Sweeping Digital Privacy Bill\n■ U.S Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Wants Canada to Repeal Its Netflix Tax\n■ Gigi Sohn: Ban Private Equity from Owning Majority of a Broadband ISP\n■ Cliff Jones Named to Head FCC’s Laboratory Division\n■ John Pascarelli Retires after Long Tenure at Mediacom\n■ Witness List Emerges for June 4 Hearing on NextNav, PNT Topics\n\nBEAD: A new study says the federal BEAD program is prompting far larger private‑sector broadband commitments than Congress ever required.\n\nResearchers **Alex Karras** and**Michael Santorelli** of the Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute at New York Law School, in a report released today, said that BEAD has driven $30.6 billion in total broadband investment across 54 states and territories. Internet providers have pledged $11.4 billion in matching funds — 37% of project costs and well above the program’s 25% minimum. ** _(More after paywall)_**\n\nCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Study Shows ISPs Kicked in $11.4 billion in BEAD Matching Funds, Topping 25% Legal Minimum by 12 Percentage Points",
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