BEAD Falling Short of Closing Digital Divide: Connect Humanity
BEAD won't close the digital divide and should be seen "as the new floor to work from, not the finish line," Connect Humanity wrote last week. Flawed FCC broadband maps and locations removed from BEAD eligibility due to coverage by…
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unlicensed fixed wireless have meant that numerous homes "slipped through the cracks." The locations receiving satellite broadband "are not getting the digital foundations for business development and industrial investment," the group said, noting that BEAD's 100/20 Mbps speed target runs the risk of being out of date and inadequate before networks are built. BEAD also doesn't address affordability, which is a huge barrier to adoption, it said.