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Door County broadband coordinator outlines BEAD changes and local impacts
Summary
Administrator Jessica briefed the board on new BEAD guidance that is technology-neutral and scores bids by lowest cost per location; she showed maps of project units, current fiber construction and local location counts.
Jessica, the county's broadband lead, told the Door County Board of Supervisors that federal and state changes to BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment) guidance have shifted the program from a fiber-first priority to a technology-neutral model and that scoring now emphasizes lowest cost per location.
"The biggest issues are that priority technology is no longer fiber to the premise... It is technology neutral," she said, explaining that providers can…
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