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Subcommittee presses Commerce on BEAD rollout and technology-agnostic approach to close rural broadband gaps
Summary
Members urged the Commerce Department to speed distribution of BEAD funds, with Secretary Lutnick promising a technology-agnostic rebidding process to get money out by end of 2025 if states follow guidance.
Lawmakers pressed Secretary Lutnick on the Administrationrole in distributing BEAD funds for rural broadband expansion and on what counts as the "cheapest" or most efficient option under the program.
Secretary Lutnick said the department will require states to rebid projects using a technology-agnostic standard: fund whichever option reasonably provides broadband service at the most efficient cost to the consumer, whether fiber, fixed…
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