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Idaho BEAD funding

Idaho's BEAD final proposal covers 91,341 locations. 44,600 of them (48.8%) are slated for fiber to the premises, which ranks Idaho #22 of 51 for fiber locations. The deployment cost is $426.2 million against an original allocation of $583.3 million.

Allocation
$583.3 million
Deployment cost
$426.2 million
Locations
91,341
Fiber locations
44,600

Technology mix

Fiber to the premises44,60048.8%
Low earth orbit satellite24,08426.4%
Fixed wireless22,65724.8%

Who won BEAD money in Idaho

23 providers, largest grant first. The ones building fiber or cable are the ones hiring construction crews.

FyberCom LLC
$86.5 million
15,171 locations · Fiber (82%) / Unlicensed fixed wireless (18%) · provider match $30.0 million · about 1,975 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Wi-Fiber Inc
$58.6 million
7,946 locations · Fiber · provider match $19.5 million · about 935 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
ETS Management LLC
$57.4 million
5,596 locations · Fiber (62%) / Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (32%) / Satellite (LEO) (5%) / Licensed fixed wireless (1%) · provider match $10.9 million · about 631 mi buried + 2 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
3,043 locations · Fiber · provider match $12.2 million · about 109 mi buried + 162 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
SpaceX
$35.7 million
23,819 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $32.7 million
3,706 locations · Fiber · provider match $8.9 million · about 122 mi buried + 48 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
3,912 locations · Fiber · provider match $25.6 million · about 282 mi buried + 14 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
1,661 locations · Fiber · provider match $5.8 million · about 210 mi buried + 8 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
3,455 locations · Fiber (86%) / Unlicensed fixed wireless (14%) · provider match $5.0 million · about 264 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
5,767 locations · Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (93%) / Fiber (7%) · provider match $3.8 million · about 9 mi buried + 47 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
951 locations · Fiber · provider match $3.5 million · about 97 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Nez Perce Tribe
$10.2 million
2,054 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $3.4 million · about 5 mi buried + 5 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
IBT Group USA
$8.9 million
5,683 locations · Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless · provider match $3.2 million
1,057 locations · Fiber · provider match $2.3 million · about 48 mi buried + 5 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Anthem Broadband
$4.5 million
1,931 locations · Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless · provider match $1.5 million
918 locations · Fiber · provider match $850,318 · about 42 mi buried + 16 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
1,092 locations · Licensed fixed wireless (89%) / Fiber (11%) · provider match $6.0 million · about 63 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
935 locations · Fiber (90%) / Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (10%) · provider match $6.2 million · about 166 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
257 locations · Fiber · provider match $2.5 million · about 35 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
631 locations · Fiber · provider match $6.9 million · about 131 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
211 locations · Licensed fixed wireless (78%) / Fiber (22%) · provider match $452,821 · about 5 mi buried + 20 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
195 locations · Fiber · provider match $450,635 · about 35 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
1,350 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $316,200

Source: Link Up Idaho (Idaho Commerce), BEAD final proposal files: subgrantees, deployment projects (12/5/2025), locations and CAIs (retrieved 2026-09-24). Grants total $426,238,563.32 and locations 91,341 (91,281 locations plus 60 community anchor institutions), both matching NTIA. Idaho's files carry no county detail, and every project shows the same placeholder end date, so no completion date is listed. Fiber miles are the state's estimates. Provisional awards can change as the state finalizes agreements.

What it means for contractors

Fiber locations are the ones that turn into construction: underground and aerial placement, boring, splicing, drops, and restoration. The providers that won these areas build them, often with subcontractors. Check the Idaho broadband office's BEAD page for the providers selected in each area. Those providers, and the primes they hire, are who to call about sub work.

Idaho BEAD officeNTIA state pageFinal proposal overview (PDF)Idaho 811 rules

Fiber work in Idaho on the board

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Fiber crews that work in Idaho

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Source: NTIA, final proposal overview updated December 18, 2025. NTIA marks these figures subject to change pending final review. All states.