1) Why is NTIA still reviewing the proposals from Illinois and California? I believe Illinois submitted its plan at the end of September 2025 and California at the end of December. How can it take over 7 months? Are they reviewing and forcing rebids on all the individual awards? Is it because these states intend to spend almost all their allocations? Did Texas get approved because they only plan to spend <40% of their allocation on infrastructure.
2) How did the "Benefit of the Bargain" reset save money, if the remainder of the $42.5 billions will just be spent on non deployment projects? I don't see how this saves the taxpayers any money unless they claw back some of the appropriated funds. I keep assuming this will happen, but nobody seems to be advocating it. 3) What exactly do we get for the BEAD funds going to LEO satellite? How is this not just a handout to SpaceX and Amazon? Can't people just sign up for Starlink now? How will BEAD funds change things? Not trying to advance an agenda by "just asking questions". I genuinely don't know the answers. Like Yul Brynner sings in The King And I, "is a puzzlement".
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