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Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Minnesota

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Minnesota’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with a cured version released by the state in July. A redlined comparison…
Nov 3, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Arkansas

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved the Initial Proposal Volume 2 for Arkansas. The ACLP compared the final version with the cured version released by the state in April 2024. A redlined…
Oct 22, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: California

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved California’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the Proposed Final released in late August. Analysis of that draft…
Oct 22, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: South Carolina

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funding
NTIA recently approved South Carolina’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. After reviewing and comparing the final version of South Carolina’s BEAD Volume 2 with the last cured…
Oct 22, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Florida

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Florida’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the version submitted by the state to NTIA last fall. A redlined…
Oct 18, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Idaho

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Idaho’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the version submitted by the state to NTIA last fall. A redlined…
Oct 18, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: North Carolina

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved North Carolina’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the version submitted by the state to NTIA last fall. A redlined…
Oct 15, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Iowa

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Iowa’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the initial version the state released for public comment last fall (it did…
Oct 9, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Broadband Prices in Context

policy
adoption
Internet connectivity has become an essential service for nearly every American. For those households that subscribe to a broadband service, it is also a recurring monthly…
Sep 19, 2024
Alex Karras, Phoebe Kamber, Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: New Jersey

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved New Jersey’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the version NJ submitted to NTIA last fall. A redlined comparison is…
Sep 18, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Michigan

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Michgan’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the initial pre-comment draft released by the state last fall (it did…
Aug 31, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Mississippi

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Mississippi’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the version MS submitted to NTIA last fall. A redlined comparison is…
Aug 31, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: New York

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved New York’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the draft submitted by the state to NTIA last fall. A redlined…
Aug 13, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Wyoming

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Wyoming’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the draft submitted by Wyoming to NTIA last fall. A redlined comparison…
Aug 9, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Montana

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Montana’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the draft initially submitted by Montana to NTIA last fall. A redlined…
Aug 8, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Wisconsin

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Wisconsin’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the pre-comment draft the state released last fall. A redlined…
Aug 8, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Missouri

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Missouri’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the cured draft that the state released in June (an analysis of changes…
Aug 7, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: New Mexico

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved New Mexico’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the pre-comment draft the state released last fall (it did not post…
Aug 7, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Arizona

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Arizona’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the pre-comment draft the state released last fall (it did not post the…
Aug 6, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Oklahoma

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Oklahoma’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the pre-comment draft the state released last fall (it did not post the…
Aug 6, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Vermont

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Vermont’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with previous cured versions released by the state, the most recent of which…
Aug 5, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Massachusetts

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Masschusetts’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the initial pre-comment draft that the state released last fall (it…
Aug 4, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Utah

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Utah’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP analyzed Utah’s approved BEAD Volume 2 by comparing it with the most recent cured version that the state…
Jul 26, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Virginia

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Virginia’s Initial Proposal Volume 2. The ACLP compared the final version with the second cured version that the state released a few months ago. A…
Jul 26, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Hawaii

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Hawaii’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state submitted to NTIA in the fall. A…
Jul 23, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Maryland

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Maryland’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state released for comment last fall…
Jul 22, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Rhode Island

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Rhode Island’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state submitted to NTIA last…
Jul 22, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Connecticut

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Connecticut’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state released for public comment…
Jul 20, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Indiana

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Indiana’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state released for public comment…
Jul 9, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Kentucky

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Kentucky’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state submitted to NTIA. A redlined…
Jun 25, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

LUS Fiber Struggles to Shake Shadow of Corruption, Mismanagement

muni-broadband
Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) Fiber is a long-running broadband subsidiary of the municipal electric utility in Lafayette, LA. Largely by virtue of its size and time in…
Jun 24, 2024
Michael Santorelli, Alex Karras

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Maine

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Maine’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the “cured” version that the state released in March. A…
Jun 20, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

A Different Take on the Great BEAD Rate Regulation Debate: Is NTIA Coercing the States?

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funding
policy
There has been much discussion and debate about whether certain elements of the BEAD program constitute “rate regulation.” Many stakeholders, including the ACLP, have argued…
Jun 19, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Illinois

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Illinois’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state submitted to NTIA for review…
Jun 17, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Oregon

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Oregon’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state submitted to NTIA for review in…
Jun 17, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: New Hampshire

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved New Hampshire’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state released for public…
Jun 13, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Colorado

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Colorado’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state released for public comment…
Jun 11, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

BEAD Volume 1 – Trends & Observations

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funding
Late last week, NTIA indicated that, after long last, it had finally approved the last 3 BEAD Volume 1s (V1), endorsing plans submitted by Florida, Maryland, and Minnesota.…
Jun 4, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Delaware

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Delaware’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state submitted to NTIA for review…
May 21, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Washington

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Washington’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state submitted to NTIA for review…
May 17, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: West Virginia

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved West Virginia’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state submitted to NTIA for…
May 14, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Kansas

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Kansas’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP compared the final version with the previously released draft, which included curing edits from…
May 10, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

ACLP Presentation During Broadband Communities Summit 2024

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adoption
barriers
ACLP presents on Equity-Driven Broadband Planning in Served Communities.
May 7, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

Unpacking Approved BEAD Volume 2s: Nevada

BEAD
funding
NTIA recently approved Nevada’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 (V2). The ACLP has compared the final version with the version that the state released for public comment last…
Apr 25, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

ACLP Op-Ed in the Buffalo News

policy
muni-broadband
New-York
The ACLP has published an op-ed in the Buffalo News regarding the New York State Municipal Infrastructure Program (MIP). The op-ed urges the NY legislature and governor to…
Apr 18, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

ACLP Supports Amending New York State Law to Close its Digital Divide

policy
New-York
Today the ACLP sent a letter to the New York State Legislature supporting a proposed amendment that would ensure that all available funding for broadband expansion targets…
Apr 3, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

ACLP Releases Analysis of NTIA’s Flawed Framework for Vetting BEAD Subgrantees

funding
BEAD
The ACLP at New York Law School has released the latest installment in its “Navigating the BEAD Weeds” series. This analysis examines the tiered approach to vetting…
Mar 22, 2024
Michael Santorelli, Alex Karras

 

ACLP Releases Latest BEAD Analysis - Maximizing BEAD’s Reach

BEAD
funding
The ACLP has released the latest in its series focused on Navigating the BEAD Weeds: “Maximizing BEAD’s Reach.” The analysis is available online here.
Feb 28, 2024
Michael Santorelli, Alex Karras

 

ACLP Testimony & Questions Regarding New York State’s Municipal Infrastructure Program

policy
funding
muni-broadband
New-York
The ACLP testified before the New York State legislature regarding the state’s Municipal Infrastructure Program (MIP). Our testimony is available here.
Feb 1, 2024
Michael Santorelli

 

ACLP Releases Updated ARPA SLFRF Summary Workbook

funding
ARPA
A guide to the ACLP’s ARPA SLFRF Excel Workbook
Jan 23, 2024
Alex Karras, Phoebe Kamber

 

Net Neutrality - ACLP Files Comments in FCC Open Internet Docket

policy
The ACLP at New York Law School has filed comments in the FCC’s Open Internet docket regarding net nuetrality (WC Docket No 23-320).
Dec 19, 2023
Michael Santorelli, Alex Karras

 

ACLP Files Comments on Tennessee’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2

funding
BEAD
The ACLP recently filed comments regarding Tennessee’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2. The full comments are available here.
Dec 13, 2023
Michael Santorelli, Alex Karras

 

ACLP Files Comments on New York’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2

funding
BEAD
New-York
The ACLP at New York Law School recently filed comments regarding New York’s BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2. The comments are available here.
Dec 11, 2023
Michael Santorelli, Alex Karras

 

BEAD Project Areas Analysis

funding
BEAD
New-York
The ACLP at New York Law School has released an analysis of states’ proposals for setting the Project Areas that they will use as part of the BEAD grant process.
Nov 18, 2023
Michael Santorelli, Alex Karras

 

ACLP Releases ARPA SLFRF Summary Workbook

funding
ARPA
A guide to the ACLP’s ARPA SLFRF Excel Workbook
Nov 6, 2023
Alex Karras, Phoebe Kamber

 

NTIA Posts Conditional Waiver for BEAD Letter of Credit Requirements

BEAD
funding
NTIA provides alternatives to LoC requirements
Nov 1, 2023
Alex Karras

 

ACLP Releases Profile of Broadband in New York

policy
funding
adoption
barriers
New-York
A summary of ACLP’s NY Broadband Connectivity Profile
Oct 20, 2023
Michael Santorelli, Alex Karras

 

ACLP Releases Forbes Piece Urging States to Avoid Rate Regulation via BEAD

BEAD
funding
policy
The ACLP has published a piece in Forbes urging states not to engage in broadband rate regulation as part of the BEAD process.
Oct 18, 2023
Michael Santorelli

 

GAO Reports that ~40% of ARPA SLFRF Remains Unallocated by States & Localities

funding
ARPA
Insight into unspent ARPA SLFRF funding
Oct 12, 2023
Phoebe Kamber

 

ACLP Releases Profile of Broadband in Tennessee

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funding
adoption
barriers
A summary of ACLP’s TN Broadband Connectivity Profile
Jul 27, 2023
Michael Santorelli, Alex Karras

 

NTIA Announces Official BEAD Allocations

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funding
$42.25 billion allocated among states and territories for broadband
Jun 26, 2023
Alex Karras
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