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County update: BEAD award changes favor Starlink/SpaceX in parts of Marathon County; task force recommended for discontinuation
Summary
Supervisor Robinson told the Infrastructure Committee federal changes to BEAD rules and awards resulted in a large portion of Marathon County being tentatively assigned to SpaceX/Starlink, and the county is recommending discontinuing the broadband task force because state and federal processes now drive allocations.
Supervisor Robinson gave a detailed update on broadband BEAD allocations and the county task force’s work, saying federal changes to the program altered technical and policy criteria and that a significant portion of the county is now tentatively assigned to SpaceX/Starlink.
Robinson summarized changes to the federal process and how the Public Service Commission’s map and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s…
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