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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will be allocating $263.7 million to New Jersey to help improve access to affordable, high-speed, reliable internet in unserved and underserved communities across New Jersey. The funding allocation will essentially be the program budget for developing and deploying the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program in New Jersey and ultimately implement the state’s plan.
Download Initial Proposal v1 Download BEAD v1 attachments
Download Initial Proposal v2 Download BEAD v2 attachments
BEAD Five-Year Plan
Download 5-Year action plan
*Please note: The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Initial Proposal Volumes 1 & 2 have been submitted to NTIA for approval.
The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment 5–Year Action Plan along with Volume 1 and Volume 2 will identify served, unserved, and underserved locations across the state. The 5-Year Action Plan addresses the “what” OBC will be doing and Volume 1 and Volume 2 address the “how” it will happen and how OBC will address the digital divide.
BEAD CHALLENGE PROCESS
- The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program requires the New Jersey Office of Broadband Connectivity (OBC) to allow stakeholders to challenge the accuracy of BEAD-eligible locations. Eligible locations consist of broadband serviceable locations (BSLs) that are unserved and underserved and are not subject to an enforceable commitment.
- Unserved locations are defined as BSLs that lack access to Reliable Broadband Service at speeds of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream and latency levels low enough to support real-time, interactive applications.
- Underserved locations are defined as BSLs that lack access to Reliable Broadband Service at speeds of at least 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream and latency levels low enough to support real-time, interactive applications.
- Enforceable commitments include any federal, state, or local commitment to deploy qualifying broadband.
- The OBC will use the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) National Broadband Map to create the initial list of unserved and underserved locations and then modify that data based on the process outlined in the OBC’s Initial Proposal Volume 1 (pending NTIA approval).
