Hi ,
As we menioned on the National Call last
week, states are now soliciting comments on how to spend BEAD (Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program) money.
To help you, here are two links that you can refer to:
and
In the NYS PSC submission, I refined what we submitted for the NTIA. In the NYS PSC submission, refer
to:
#4 Proposed Requirements for RFP
#5 Technical Assistance
#7 Criteria to ensure grantees maintain or excel threshholds
#9 How should PSC treat prior buildout commitments
It also contains info on providing accommodation for EMS disabled (for more specific accommodations, see recent HUD and HHS submissions on thenationalcall.org/resources); bridging the digital divide; fiber; and market failure and policy paralysis in pushing wireless. Although some of the
analysis is focused on NYS rules/laws, the concepts have general applicability to all states. Copy liberally.
