The BEAD Program was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation. Five years later, delays, politics, and a heavy-handed recalibration of satellite’s role mean many of its initial aims are unrealised.

Oregon’s rural internet expansion plans through the BEAD program have hit a roadblock this week as several ISPs decline ...

Funds totaling about $20 billion delayed under the federal rural broadband internet program will be subject to new guidance ...

On June 6, the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) issued its long-awaited overhaul of the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. This new ...

But before the satellites even reached the launch site, Jeff Bezos’ rocket exploded into a massive fireball, its wreckage ...

Notably, the program almost immediately started to shift funding to tech billionaires promising to use satellite internet to ...

Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving. Prior to joining CNET, Joe led MyMove's moving coverage and reported on broadband policy, the digital divide, and ...

The US Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program is set to be revamped. Late last week, the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) ...

When Kayla Dehnert tells friends and family in Northern California about life as a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital patient, she pulls out a string of beads taller than she is. "This is a ...

This won’t be a simple process for states, as several critical activities are required to participate in the BEAD program, including: States must make sequential filings with NTIA to seek grant ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Brightspeed, the nation's third-largest fiber broadband builder empowering families and business owners with high-speed connectivity, announced it ...