Where Is the Speed for BEAD?

Josh Etheridge, co-owner of Louisiana-based Etheridge Performance Cable, wrote to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to describe the impact of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program pause on his company. "Louisiana was promised millions to start broadband construction by April 2025 that it has not received. This is killing my US-based company and requiring me to layoff 80 percent of my contracted workers. We can’t wait another 90 days."