Arkansas State Broadband Director Glen Howie discusses a tentative timeline for the federal BEAD program during a town hall meeting at the Fayetteville Public Library on Aug. 20, 2024. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)
A seven-day comment period began Monday for the public to weigh in on Arkansas’ final draft plan for adding broadband internet service to underserved areas of the state.
The state’s Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD) has provisionally designated 23 internet service providers to receive $308.3 million in grants to provide high-speed broadband service throughout the state, according to the draft plan…