The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, also known as BEAD, is slowly inching toward implementation. The access portion of BEAD, which is where most of the money will be spent, has the stated goal of achieving universal broadband availability across the nation. The BEAD framework is currently being interpreted by each state to develop their own action plan.

Recently ACA Connects, which represents smaller cable and broadband operators, released a national overview of the BEAD program and has some recommendations to be considered as BEAD moves forward. Our guest today on Broadband Action is Brian Hurley, Chief Regulatory Counsel at ACA Connects.