EldoTelecom

AUGUST 29, 2024

billion in construction subsidies appropriated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 appears insufficient to bring fiber connections to most every American doorstep as with copper telephone lines in the previous century.

Telephone 59

Telephone Landline Telecommunication Construction 59

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 26, 2025

The NTIA will have its work cut out for it, expeditiously approving state Final Proposals so that construction can get started, while still meeting any needs arising from policy changes in Washington. While no BEAD Final Proposals have been posted since late 2024, a flood of them is due over the next few months.

Broadband 103

Broadband E-Mail Provisioning Connectivity 103

EldoTelecom

JUNE 11, 2025

The Biden administration, in keeping with the infrastructure construction and modernization intent of the IIJA, administered BEAD with an infrastructure focus and specifically fiber to the premises (FTTP) and middle mile advanced telecommunications infrastructure. In the original version of the IIJA, it was: FTTP.

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Landline Telecommunication Common Carrier Construction 45