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Kansas BEAD funding

Kansas's BEAD final proposal covers 26,613 locations. 7,863 of them (29.5%) are slated for fiber to the premises, which ranks Kansas #39 of 51 for fiber locations. The deployment cost is $166.6 million against an original allocation of $451.7 million.

Allocation
$451.7 million
Deployment cost
$166.6 million
Locations
26,613
Fiber locations
7,863

Technology mix

Fixed wireless17,95467.5%
Fiber to the premises7,86329.5%
Low earth orbit satellite7963.0%

Who won BEAD money in Kansas

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

3JL Holdings, LLC
$58.6 million
3,150 locations · Fiber (90%) / Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (10%) · provider match $16.0 million · est. completion October 31, 2026 · about 1,070 mi buried + 714 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
IdeaTek Telcom LLC
$43.4 million
7,426 locations · Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (56%) / Fiber (44%) · provider match $14.4 million · est. completion May 30, 2029 · about 3,993 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
565 locations · Fiber · provider match $8.4 million · est. completion June 1, 2028 · about 322 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
8,455 locations · Licensed fixed wireless (98%) / Fiber (2%) · provider match $10.0 million · est. completion July 31, 2028 · about 50 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
3,668 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $3.0 million · est. completion March 1, 2028 · about 18 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
295 locations · Fiber · provider match $2.9 million · est. completion September 30, 2027 · about 278 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
1,141 locations · Licensed fixed wireless (89%) / Fiber (11%) · provider match $1.5 million · est. completion February 28, 2027 · about 4 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
236 locations · Licensed fixed wireless (83%) / Fiber (16%) / Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (0%) · provider match $1.6 million · est. completion June 30, 2028 · about 82 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
472 locations · Licensed fixed wireless (55%) / Fiber (45%) · provider match $864,429 · est. completion February 28, 2027 · about 5 mi buried + 6 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
169 locations · Fiber · provider match $857,060 · est. completion December 31, 2027 · about 37 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
796 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $1.1 million · est. completion April 30, 2030
132 locations · Fiber (51%) / Licensed fixed wireless (49%) · provider match $283,078 · est. completion February 28, 2027 · about 4 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
73 locations · Fiber · provider match $81,000 · est. completion July 6, 2026 · about 18 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
35 locations · Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (91%) / Fiber (9%) · provider match $143,232 · est. completion April 30, 2026 · about 1 mi buried fiber (state estimate)

Source: Kansas Office of Broadband Development, BEAD Final Proposal files (approved) (files dated 2025-11-07). Summed per provider from the state's Final Proposal files. Grants total $166,605,019.72 and locations 26,613, both matching NTIA. 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 Kansas 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.

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

Fiber work in Kansas on the board

No open fiber posts in Kansas right now. Post work or list your crew, both free.

Source: NTIA, final proposal overview updated December 5, 2025. NTIA marks these figures subject to change pending final review. All states.