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Hanover officials, ISPs outline broadband rollout, urge letters of support for BEAD applications
Summary
County IT staff and multiple Internet providers updated the Board on Connect Hanover build progress and BEAD funding. Officials emphasized provider letters of support (worth ~10% of application scoring) and warned residents of construction impacts and potential connection fees for homes built after the original survey cutoff.
Kevin Nelson, Hanover County’s information technology director, told the Board of Supervisors on Oct. in a quarterly Connect Hanover briefing that the county’s goal remains “to have 100% access to broadband Internet across the county.” Nelson said the county’s previous survey identified 6,198 homes in federal “unserved” census blocks that are being prioritized for grant‑funded builds.
The presentation described two parallel tracks: local VADI projects already under contract and a separate federal program — the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) initiative — that routes $1.4 billion to…
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