Colorado Releases New BEAD Guidance in Wake of NTIA Program Changes
The Colorado Broadband Office will open its new application window for BEAD proposals on July 7, the office said Monday. The agency released revised guidance to meet NTIA's new program rules (see 2506180077). The new BEAD-eligible locations will be available…
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"later this week," the agency said. Citing the state's "topography, tree cover, and population density factors," the office said it included technical questions to help it determine whether an applicant can meet their priority project definition, which includes reliability and scalability. Any project that doesn't include service speeds of at least 100/20 Mbps will be rejected. "Applicants should not indiscriminately select" all broadband serviceable locations in a large number of project areas for a priority project if they can't support the project with "reliable broadband speeds, latency, and scalability," the guidance said.