Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection announced that the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration has approved Connecticut’s proposal for the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, awarding $144 million to the state that will be used to expand high-speed internet access statewide.
Established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), the BEAD program is providing $42.45 billion to states and territories for the expansion of high-speed internet access across the country by funding broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption projects and activities.
Connecticut was one of 18 states and territories that received approval of its BEAD proposal this week. To read Connecticut’s final proposal for the BEAD program, visit portal.ct.gov/deep/energy/broadband-deployment/bead-program.