A Note from AAPB Membership Director Marlena Pfeiffer: Membership-based broadband organizations have proven to be an essential force behind the industry’s momentum. Through them, we’ve been able to network with one another, build relationships, and create an ecosystem that is strong and resilient. AAPB recognizes this, and we also recognize that membership organizations must stay flexible if they want to meet their members’ needs in a rapidly changing environment. As the land

When the history books are written, 2026 may be known as the turning point for community-owned broadband. For the preceding two years, many communities had faith that the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity Act funding programs would close the digital divide, once and for all. Unfortunately, thanks to an overly deliberate previous Administration and a current Administration that has changed the rules numerous times in just 11 months, these program

A Democratic state lawmaker in Wisconsin wants his state to retain control over its full allocation under the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, including the $363 million not tapped for expanding infrastructure.

The following article appeared on Broadband Breakfast: WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is telling states that participants in the agency’s $42.45 billion broadband grant program will have to be exempt from certain state broadband regulations, the agency’s top official said Tuesday. NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth said Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program participants would be exempt from state laws mandati