States Face 'Impossible' 365-Day BEAD Deadline: Consultant
Many states will miss the 365-day deadline from when their BEAD initial proposal is approved to submitting their BEAD final proposal, according to Jade Piros de Carvalho, Bonfire Infrastructure Group vice president-broadband advocacy and partnerships. States were set up for…
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an "impossible task," with NTIA's guidance on alternative technologies still not finalized, de Carvalho wrote Friday. States facing late rural development opportunity fund defaults will likely request an extension of their final proposal deadline. NTIA’s process for approving states’ challenges and BEAD eligible locations "was slow to come together," she said. The 365-day window "was always a stretch," and only "well-staffed and consultant-heavy states will meet the deadline easily."