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$1.2 Billion In Federal Broadband Funding Slow To Arrive

The Broadband Equity Access and Development Program (BEAD) announced $1.2 billion towards broadband expansion in West Virginia in June 2023, with final federal approval in April 2024. However, in remarks at the West Virginia Broadband Summit on Tuesday, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-WV, said a slow federal timeline has meant none of that amount has been distributed.

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