#250 - FCC's Commissioner Gomez: What's Holding up BEAD?

About this episode

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez discusses the delays in the BEAD program and broadband deployment with Inside Towers' Leslie Stimson.

Many delays have impacted the federal government’s BEAD program. This and other events have slowed getting shovels in the ground for government help for states and their contractors looking to expand broadband deployment. In this Tower Talks podcast, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez speaks with Inside Towers Washington Bureau Chief Leslie Stimson about broadband deployment, as well as contested issues like pole attachments, and what the Commission considers when opposing parties both want the same...

People in this episode

Host: Leslie Stimson

Guest: Anna Gomez

Topics covered

• broadband deployment
• FCC
• government programs
• pole attachments
• infrastructure

Keywords

• broadband
• FCC
• BEAD program
• infrastructure
• pole attachments
• government delays

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FCC, BEAD

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