Reminder: What BEAD Final Proposals Looked Like When Submitted to NTIA

Today's big news is that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) approved 18 Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program Final Proposals. As a reminder, we've been tracking what those proposals looked like when they were submitted to the NTIA. In the coming days, we'll be examining the final final (Is that what we should call them?) BEAD plans to see what changes were made during the approval process. Louisiana is the only state so far that now has access to its funds soon. As for the other 17 approved BEAD Final Proposals, each is in the process of being approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For now, here is a quick look at the proposals the 18 states and territories that won approval today.