The program is more favorable to satellite-internet providers. Under the new rules, states must resubmit proposals.

Changes to the BEAD program strip out the fiber preference for 'technology neutrality,' which could benefit satellite and ...

Since taking office, Trump and his administration have hit the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment fund ...

Trump's Commerce Department reversed the Biden-era decision to prioritize the building of fiber networks in the BEAD program.

According to Democratic senators, states are ready to begin work and have been waiting months to begin because Trump's ...

Before West Virginia’s broadband plans were halted, state broadband officials drafted a plan to get West Virginians connected ...

On May 27, 2025, SpaceX conducted its ninth Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas. While the mission concluded with both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage being lost, the flight ...

Groups trying to expand high-speed internet access call the cut in funding, originally created by the Digital Equity Act, a ...

A group of Senate Democrats is raising red flags over the Trump administration’s delays in releasing $42 billion earmarked ...

The licence marks a significant milestone for Starlink, which has been awaiting regulatory clearance for several years.

It’ll be up to ISPs to apply for the funding. Under the BEAD ... that fiber can supply far faster broadband than satellite internet services such as Starlink, Kane said the same fiber ...