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Dane County broadband update: PSC BEAD round oversubscribed; local outreach continues
Summary
At the April 2 Dane County Broadband Task Force meeting, Supervisor Randy Udell and the county broadband coordinator summarized state BEAD application activity, local outreach with municipalities, and next steps for award rounds; staff warned program timelines may be affected by pending federal-level changes.
Supervisor Randy Udell (representing District 47) and Dane County broadband coordinator Jaren briefed the Dane County Broadband Task Force on state and federal broadband funding developments and local outreach on April 2.
Udell said he met with the governor shortly after taking office, and that the governor’s budget included a $400 million broadband request; Udell said the governor also appointed him to the state broadband task force. Udell summarized multi-state and national discussions about federal broadband funding, including reports that $43 billion in planned BEAD funds could be changed or reallocated and that some proposals have suggested substituting low-Earth-orbit providers such as SpaceX’s Starlink. "None of that's definite, but that is the speculation at this point," Udell said. He said a…
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