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Brightspeed Augments Multi-Billion-Dollar Fiber Network Build with its First BEAD Program Award

Company awarded $7.5M+ in Louisiana to reach thousands more Americans living in rural areas

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Brightspeed, one of the nation's largest fiber broadband builders empowering families and business owners with high-speed connectivity, announced it has been awarded its first federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program funds from the state of Louisiana. The state awarded Brightspeed $7,510,130 to help reach an additional 2,800 locations with its planned fiber broadband network build in Louisiana.