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Governor Shapiro and PBDA announced more than $448 million in BEAD grants awarded to projects across 50 Pennsylvania counties, aiming to connect 71,000 unserved and underserved homes and businesses. Named recipients include IBT Broadband, Alleghenies Broadband Inc., Brightspeed, CoreConnect, Upward Broadband, and Verizon, with a full award list posted online.
Governor Shapiro and PBDA announced more than $448 million in BEAD awards to expand high-speed internet to 71,000 homes and businesses in 50 Pennsylvania counties. Named recipients include IBT Broadband, Alleghenies Broadband (with A2D), CoreConnect, Upward Broadband, Brightspeed, and Verizon. A full list of awards was published by PBDA alongside a new tracking website, pa.gov/ConnectPA.
Governor Josh Shapiro and PBDA announced more than $448 million in BEAD awards to expand high-speed internet to 71,000 homes and businesses in 50 Pennsylvania counties. Named recipients include Upward Broadband, IBT Broadband, Alleghenies Broadband (with A2D), Brightspeed, CoreConnect, and Verizon.
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Pennsylvania has awarded more than $448 million in federal BEAD funding to broadband projects across 50 counties, expected to connect about 71,000 homes and businesses. Nine providers including Frontier Communications, Brightspeed, CoreConnect, IBT Group USA, Upward Broadband and Verizon received awards, with Verizon getting $28.85 million for a project serving Centre and Mifflin counties.
Providers: Frontier Communications, Brightspeed, CoreConnect, IBT Group USA, Upward Broadband, Verizon · Amount: $448.0M Source
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Governor Shapiro announced that more than $448 million in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment grants have been awarded to projects in 50 counties, the first round of awards from the more than $711 million NTIA approved for the state. A second wave of BEAD announcements is expected before the end of 2026.
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Pennsylvania has awarded more than $448 million in BEAD funding to projects across 50 counties, expected to connect about 71,000 homes and businesses. The award follows NTIA's April approval of the state's $711 million BEAD proposal.
Governor Shapiro and PBDA announced more than $448 million in initial BEAD funding to support broadband projects in 50 Pennsylvania counties. The state said all remaining BEAD program funds will be awarded before the end of the year.
Governor Josh Shapiro and the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority announced more than $448 million in BEAD grants awarded to broadband projects spanning 50 counties, expected to connect an estimated 71,000 homes and businesses. PBDA plans to award the remainder of the state's BEAD allocation by the end of 2026, with full build-out targeted for 2030.
Empire State Development's ConnectALL Office announced more than $8.3 million in awards spanning three programs: over $3.8 million through the federally funded Municipal Infrastructure Program (led by a $3.84 million award to NSN Genesee LLC to connect 21,575 locations in Genesee County), nearly $4 million through the state-funded Connectivity Innovation Business Model Innovation Awards, and nearly $600,000 through the Regional and Local Assistance Program. The awards support affordable internet models in low-income and rural areas, expand broadband in Genesee County, and fund local government broadband planning statewide.
On September 5, 2023, Gov. Andy Beshear announced a record $386 million investment through Kentucky's Better Internet Initiative, awarding 56 grants totaling more than $196 million from the Kentucky Broadband Deployment Fund (funded by ARPA dollars, not BEAD directly), with ISPs contributing over $190 million in matching funds. The investment will expand fiber access in 46 counties, bringing high-speed internet to more than 42,600 homes and businesses for the first time, with recipients including Charter Communications, All Points Broadband, Spectrum Mid-America, and Kenergy among others.
