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BEAD map shows large portions of Marathon County tied to Starlink; county pauses payments to Bug Tussle as negotiations continue
Summary
A revised BEAD allocation appears to assign a large portion of Marathon County to Starlink/SpaceX service, county broadband leaders told the Infrastructure Committee, prompting concerns and a recommendation to end the county broadband task force given federal and state control over awards.
Supervisor Robinson, chair of the county broadband task force, told the committee that the revised federal/state BEAD allocations appear to assign a large portion of Marathon County to Starlink/SpaceX service while fiber and fixed-wireless awards cover other areas. Robinson recounted that the county had earlier endorsed certain fiber providers but that the federal NTIA and the state Public Service…
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