First BEAD-funded internet connections go live in Louisiana, Nebraska, with fixed wireless towers

Assistant US commerce secretary quotes Torah portion in Nebraska talk about broadband internet

Arielle Roth, U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information, cited the weekly Torah portion during a May 14 talk in Ogallala, Neb., about broadband internet."On a personal level, it feels especially fitting to celebrate the first BEAD-funded connection in the open plains of western Nebraska," Roth said, of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.Roth spoke at the event alongside Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, a R…

First BEAD-funded internet connections go live in Louisiana, Nebraska, with fixed wireless towers

The two BEAD-funded internet connections in Nebraska and Louisiana signal a shift from the program's tenuous planning phase to deployment.

Nebraska farm becomes first household connected with BEAD - Broadband Communities

News BEAD Vistabeam has connected the first household in the nation under the BEAD program, the provider announced last week in Nebraska. Edited by Brad Randall, Broadband Communities A small household near Ogallala, Nebraska became the first in the nation to be connected under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, Vistabeam announced Thursday, a step company leaders and state officials hailed as a milestone for ru…