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DrRon Suarez posted an update in the group Michigan Coalitions
5 months agoFrederick anticipates that the state will begin accepting BEAD applications in September. The broadband office is readying a preregistration process that will start in late June.
https://www.telecompetitor.com/michigan-broadband-officers-plans-include-three-award-rounds-hexagons-and-more/
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Michigan Broadband Officer's Plans Include Three Award Rounds, Hexagons, and More - Telecompetitor
Michigan's $1.5B in BEAD broadband funding will be enough to get service to everyone in the state, the chief connectivity officer told us.
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@joe @randy Playing Hexagonal Chess with Its BEAD Service Areas
Michigan’s service areas will be defined in a grid with hexagonal project areas a mile and a half in diameter.“BEAD is not like any other state grant program ever, as the goal is 100% universal access. We’re not pitting county versus county, we have to get everywhere,” said Frederick.
Applicants to Michigan’s BEAD program will select hex’s, with a requirement to deliver service to every unserved and underserved location within the hex.
“The hexagonal model allows applicants to be very surgical with how they design their networks,” espouses Frederick.
He added that “Our model doesn’t split road center lines, so we won’t have one provider building down one side of the street while another builds down the other.”
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@joe @randy Additional information about Michigan broadband, including links to state funding resources, awards made and state-specific Telecompetitor coverage, can be found on Telecompetitor’s Broadband Nation web page for the state.
https://www.telecompetitor.com/broadband-nation/michigan/
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