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Pennsylvania BEAD funding

Pennsylvania's BEAD final proposal covers 129,356 locations. 74,878 of them (57.9%) are slated for fiber to the premises, which ranks Pennsylvania #12 of 51 for fiber locations. The deployment cost is $711.3 million against an original allocation of $1.16 billion.

Allocation
$1.16 billion
Deployment cost
$711.3 million
Locations
129,356
Fiber locations
74,878

Technology mix

Fiber to the premises74,87857.9%
Low earth orbit satellite29,88423.1%
Fixed wireless17,73913.7%
Hybrid fiber-coax (cable)6,8555.3%

Who won BEAD money in Pennsylvania

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

Comcast Cable Communications
$162.1 million
15,611 locations · Fiber/Hybrid fiber-coax
Verizon
$108.8 million
14,297 locations · Fiber
CoreConnect
$90.7 million
10,327 locations · Fiber
eCommunity
$84.3 million
14,589 locations · Fiber
Central Bradford Progress Authority
$73.5 million
6,457 locations · Fiber/Fixed Wireless
Connect Holdings d/b/a Brightspeed
$41.7 million
9,078 locations · Fiber
IBT Group USA, LLC
$39.7 million
15,283 locations · Fixed Wireless
Commonwealth Telephone Company d/b/a Frontier Communications
$28.5 million
3,800 locations · Fiber
Armstrong Cable
$19.9 million
3,425 locations · Fiber
Amazon LEO
$12.2 million
20,408 locations · Satellite (LEO)
SpaceX
$11.0 million
9,476 locations · Satellite (LEO)
Centre WISP Venture Company
$10.3 million
1,861 locations · Fiber
Claverack
$9.0 million
1,247 locations · Fiber
County of McKean
$6.0 million
683 locations · Fixed Wireless
INTUS Smartcities Inc
$4.3 million
629 locations · Fiber
Archtop Fiber
$3.8 million
637 locations · Fiber
Upward Broadband LLC
$2.6 million
1,212 locations · Fixed Wireless
VitaLink
$1.7 million
188 locations · Fiber
Consolidated Communications
$1.1 million
136 locations · Fiber
Advanced Telephone
$17,229
12 locations · Fiber

Source: Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority, BEAD Provisional Grant Approval List (2026-04-27). Provisional approvals. Locations total 129,356, matching NTIA. The approved amounts total $711,268,843, $27,000 less than NTIA's $711,295,843; both are shown as published. 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 Pennsylvaniabroadband 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.

Pennsylvania BEAD officeNTIA state pageFinal proposal overview (PDF)

Fiber work in Pennsylvania on the board

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

Source: NTIA, final proposal overview updated February 3, 2026. NTIA marks these figures subject to change pending final review. All states.