Get Your Share: 5 Keys to Know ASAP About the 42 Billion BEAD Program
Feb 16, 2022
About This Discussion
More than $75 billion in federal grants is coming to local broadband projects over the next five years. That sounds like a lot, but the process is extremely competitive.
Grantmakers both on the federal and state levels have historically received requests for way more money than they have to give out. So applicants need to act quickly and decisively. That’s why Ready.net launched Broadband.money, the fastest way for local broadband providers to discover and win their fair share of the historic grants.
We built this system to help local providers and projects get their share. These providers could be: a local internet service provider; a mom and pop run-ISP; a utility that runs an ISP or starting an ISP; rural electric cooperatives running ISPs. The common denominator is folks that are in the business of operating connectivity, and their partners.
We provide your projects with the needed software, geospatial mapping data, technological guidance, partners, matching capital and more. For now, listen or read this discuss to learn five things you can do to get ready for the tsunami of funding.
Event Transcript
Trish Ehlers: Hello, everyone, and welcome to today's Fiber Broadband Association webinar. Get your share: Five keys to know ASAP about the $42 billion BEAD program. It's presented today by Broadband.money. I'm Trish Ehlers, Vice President of Membership, Industry Affairs and Operations for FBA. Today, I am very pleased to welcome Jase Wilson, CEO of Broadband.money. Welcome, Jase. To give you a little background information, Broadband.money helps local broadband providers get the resources they need in order to win. Broadband.money came from Ready.net, builders of incumbent grade software and financial services for local ISPs, whose mission is to help local broadband pros connect more families and businesses to better broadband services. Ready.net learned from customers that despite billions of dollars in broadband grants, qualified applicants with established track records are still expected to walk through hot coals and broken glass in order to obtain their share.