Virginia Looking to Get Fiber to 81 Percent of BEAD Locations

Shore gets funding for broadband internet expansion

Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Virginia has published a proposal to complete the Commonwealth’s goal of providing high-speed internet connection to all homes, businesses, and community centers. The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) published the Commonwealth’s Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal which, once approved, will award $613 million in federal funding to connect the ...

Virginia Looking to Get Fiber to 81 Percent of BEAD Locations

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 – In Virginia, fiber is still a winner.After a new round of bidding mandated by the Trump administration, Virginia plans to get fiber to 81 percent of its eligible homes and businesses under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Meanwhile satellite providers SpaceX and Kuiper are set to connect nearly 10 percent of the eligible locations, according to a draft of Virginia’s final BEAD proposal the state …