Conexon Connect first in nation to receive BEAD funding to accelerate fiber broadband deployment in Louisiana

Rural fiber broadband leader Conexon announced its Internet Service Provider entity, Conexon Connect, has received the first federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment funding disbursement from the state of Louisiana, with an initial portion of its $9 million award distributed to begin BEAD construction in six northern Louisiana parishes. In addition to the finalized Louisiana award, Conexon Connect has been preliminarily awarded more than $215 million in BEAD funding. Overall, the funding supports the expansion of high-speed fiber internet within rural communities across eight states. The Louisiana BEAD funding will enable Connect to expand construction of world-class fiber-to-the-home networks across unserved and underserved communities within Claiborne, Union, West Carroll, Richland, Franklin, and Catahoula parishes.