You think it will be done in 2 years? I don't think they will start building until around then, but I guess we'll see how it goes..
On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone figured this out? > > > > Other than free hardware for any resident at the location for 10 years, I > can’t find what else BEAD will pay for. What about installation? And are > the monthly fees discounted? I assume it varies by state, but what’s > typically being done? > > > > The reason I ask is now that my state’s proposed awards have been > publicized in the form of a map, I can see where they are subsidizing fiber > and where it will be Amazon Kuiper. This figures bigly into our future > plans. Most areas will get fiber, and while they have 4 years to get it > done, I think most of it will be done in the next 2 years. I’m not going > to try and deploy fiber anywhere that is getting BEAD fiber. It’s another > matter where private money has been overbuilding cable companies in town > that charge north of $100/mo. They also knew they wouldn’t face BEAD fiber > because the locations weren’t unserved. > > > > But the areas where there were no bids to do fiber for below whatever the > threshold was for LEO, probably you’d have to be a fool to do fiber in > those areas with 100% your own money. So that’s where we’d focus any WISP > expansion or upgrades, and what we’d be competing with is subsidized Amazon > Kuiper. If we’d be competing with a free satellite receiver, that’s > entirely possible. If it’s 100 Mbps for $10/mo, that’s another matter. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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