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Comcast seeks Decatur County support letters for federal BEAD broadband application

2138563 · January 21, 2025
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A Comcast Government Affairs representative asked commissioners to sign support letters for a federal broadband grant application (BEAD/BED), provided maps of proposed expansion, and said the company is not requesting county subsidy; the application deadline cited was Feb. 6.

Jared Moore, Comcast Government Affairs, told Decatur County commissioners he seeks county support letters for Comcast’s application to the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding round.

Moore said the program is a large federal investment (he cited $862,000,000) to expand service into unserved and underserved areas, and that Comcast is not asking the county for subsidy. He requested…

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