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Community Broadband Networks outlines BEAD/AHP plans for Tompkins County; 521 homes identified as unserved/underserved
Summary
Community Broadband Networks told the council it is pre-awarded BEAD funding to serve 521 unserved/underserved homes in Tompkins County and described an AHP retrofit program for affordable housing; CBN said contracts must be finalized before work begins and gave an approximate $2 million local funding figure including match.
Representatives from Community Broadband Networks (CBN) briefed the Tompkins County Council of Governments on regional broadband plans tied to federal and state programs, including BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment) and the Affordable Housing Connectivity Program (AHP).
CBN said it has been pre-awarded BEAD funding for Tompkins County and 38 other counties but cannot begin deployment until contracts are finalized. The presenter reported 521 homes in Tompkins County have been identified as unserved or underserved under the BEAD mapping and that BEAD projects carry a four-year deployment window from contract start. "We were awarded to provide service for those 521 homes as part of the BEAD program," the presenter said.
CBN also described AHP work…
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