The federal investment follows the $1 billion approved by Texas taxpayers to help connect the state.
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the federal agency that advises the President on telecommunications policy issues, approved Texas’ plan to use about $3.3 billion in federal money, part of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment, or BEAD, program. “The BEAD program has taken some time,” said Greg Conte, director of the Texas Broadband Development Office. “But what we’ve developed and had approved this morning shows how we’re approaching this in a methodical way.”
Texas will not begin spending the $3 billion right away. First, Internet service providers, nonprofits, and local and tribal governments have a chance to challenge federal maps that show where an internet connection is needed.Those maps will help influence where the billions will be spent.the accuracy of the map.
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