Brightspeed BEAD awards
Brightspeed won $546.9 million in BEAD grants to serve 188,797 locations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, according to the state award lists below. These are wired builds, which means construction: placement, boring, splicing and drops.
Wisconsin
$140.2 million
Listed as Connect Holding II LLC · 44,887 locations · Fiber · provider match $128.6 million · est. completion September 1, 2029 · about 9,189 mi buried + 3,891 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Wisconsin PSC, Approved BEAD Award Data and Award Summary (June 17, 2026) (2026-06-17)
Missouri
$117.3 million
Listed as Connect Holding II LLC · 59,863 locations · Fiber (98%) / Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (2%) · provider match $132.0 million · est. completion January 1, 2028 · about 393 mi buried + 4,005 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Missouri Office of Broadband Development, BEAD Final Proposal data files (files posted 2025-09)
North Carolina
$77.5 million
Listed as Connect Holding, LLC (Brightspeed) · 13,740 locations · Optical Carrier/ Fiber to the Premises · provider match $27.1 million
Guilford, Caswell, Person, Granville, Vance, Johnston, Wake, Franklin, Alamance, Nash, Wilson, Edgecombe, Pitt, Martin, Warren, Orange (5,267), Duplin, Onslow, Carteret, Sampson (2,589), Robeson, Columbus (983), Randolph, Chatham (966), Moore, Montgomery (838), Cumberland, Harnett (792), Wayne, Lenior, Jones (584), Hertford (519), Surry, Wilkes, Ashe, Forsyth, Rockingham, Stokes (511), Tyrrell, Washington (290), Catawba, Burke, Alexander (156), Camden, Currituck (151) and 2 more counties
Source: NC Department of Information Technology, Division of Broadband and Digital Equity: BEAD Awards Approved by NTIA (retrieved 2026-09-22)
Pennsylvania
$41.7 million
Listed as Connect Holdings d/b/a Brightspeed · 9,078 locations · Fiber
Source: Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority, BEAD Provisional Grant Approval List (2026-04-27)
Arkansas
$26.3 million
13,798 locations · Fiber · provider match $39.5 million · est. completion January 15, 2028 · about 185 mi buried + 1,404 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Arkansas State Broadband Office, BEAD Final Proposal Exhibits A-E (files posted 2026-01)
Indiana
$24.5 million
Listed as Brightspeed (Connect Holding II LLC) · 9,853 locations · Fiber · provider match $29.3 million · est. completion January 15, 2026 · about 80 mi buried + 1,053 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Indiana Broadband Office, BEAD Final Proposal data uploads (files dated 2025-09-12)
Texas
$24.4 million
Listed as Connect Holding II LLC · 6,574 locations · Fiber · provider match $22.4 million · about 216 mi buried + 713 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Texas Broadband Development Office (Comptroller), BEAD Final Proposal data files (retrieved 2026-09-22)
Michigan
$19.7 million
8,599 locations · Fiber · provider match $24.9 million · est. completion March 31, 2028 · about 64 mi buried + 569 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Michigan High-Speed Internet Office (MIHI), BEAD Final Proposal data uploads (September 2025, with scope change 2) (files dated 2025-09-09)
Ohio
$17.0 million
Listed as Connect Holding II LLC d/b/a Brightspeed · 6,272 locations · Fiber · provider match $12.8 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 45 mi buried + 540 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: BroadbandOhio, approved BEAD deployment projects, subgrantees and locations (retrieved 2026-09-21)
Virginia
$16.7 million
Listed as Connect Holding II LLC · 3,559 locations · Fiber · provider match $13.4 million · est. completion January 1, 2030
Page County (1586), Warren County (1074), Hanover County (356), Henry County (353), Patrick County (119), Galax city (55), Martinsville city (10), Charlottesville city (5), Fauquier County (1) (DHCD's county sheet lists this provider as "Brightspeed")
Source: Virginia DHCD Office of Broadband, Final Proposal data uploads (10.24.25) and Awards by Jurisdiction and ISP (data files dated 2025-10-24)
Tennessee
$14.3 million
Listed as Connect Holding II LLC d/b/a Brightspeed · 2,758 locations · Fiber · provider match $14.9 million · est. completion September 30, 2029 · about 45 mi buried + 538 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Tennessee ECD Broadband Office, BEAD Final Proposal data upload (approved) (NTIA approved 2026-02-02)
Alabama
$14.3 million
Listed as CONNECT HOLDING II LLC · 4,402 locations · Fiber · provider match $16.0 million · est. completion February 1, 2030 · about 80 mi buried + 749 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Alabama ADECA, BEAD Final Proposal data files (files updated 2026-04-28)
Louisiana
$5.8 million
Listed as Connect Holding II LLC · 2,611 locations · Fiber · provider match $6.8 million · est. completion February 2, 2028 · about 30 mi buried + 248 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: ConnectLA (Louisiana Office of Broadband), GUMBO 2.0 Final Proposal Exhibits A-E (approved Final Proposal v7.0, 2025-11-18)
Illinois
$3.2 million
Listed as CONNECT HOLDING II LLC · 1,196 locations · Fiber · provider match $4.2 million · est. completion January 29, 2029 · about 10 mi buried + 124 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Illinois Office of Broadband (DCEO), BEAD Final Proposal data files (final version) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Georgia
$2.3 million
Listed as Connect Holding II LLC d/b/a Brightspeed · 1,227 locations · Fiber · provider match $3.3 million · est. completion January 1, 2030 · about 24 mi buried + 80 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Georgia Technology Authority, BEAD Final Proposal data files as submitted (as submitted 2025-09-03)
Oklahoma
$1.6 million
Listed as Connect Holding II LLC d/b/a Brightspeed · 148 locations · Fiber · provider match $548,868 · est. completion January 1, 2028 · about 52 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: Oklahoma Broadband Office, BEAD Final Proposal files (revision of 2026-04-20) (revision 2026-04-20)
New Jersey
$37,500
Listed as Brightspeed (Connect Holding II LLC) · 114 locations · Fiber · provider match $803,466 · est. completion January 1, 2028
Hunterdon County
Source: NJ Board of Public Utilities, Connect NJ subgrantee one-pagers (retrieved 2026-09-21)
South Carolina
$10,400
Listed as CONNECT HOLDING II LLC · 118 locations · Fiber · provider match $98,632 · est. completion January 1, 2030 · about 162 mi buried + 23 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Source: SC Office of Regulatory Staff, BEAD Final Proposal data files (Final Proposal data 2025-09-30)
BEAD grants
$546.9 million
Locations
188,797
Grant per location
$2,897
Fiber miles (est.)
10,523 buried · 13,989 aerial
Latest completion
February 1, 2030
What this build needs from crews
- Underground, about 10,523 miles. Directional boring, plowing or trenching, conduit and handholes, then restoration. Locates come first on every foot (utility locating).
- Aerial, about 13,989 miles. Make-ready, strand and lash, and pole attachments (aerial fiber), usually with traffic control on the road.
- Splicing and drops. Every one of the 188,797 locations needs a drop and a splice at the end (fiber splicing).
How subs usually get on a BEAD build
- Start with Brightspeed's own page for suppliers and contractors: Doing business with Brightspeed.
- Find out who is building. Providers often hand construction to a prime or an engineering and construction firm, and those firms hire the subs.
- Get your paperwork ready before you call: certificate of insurance, W-9, safety program, and proof you can do the footage.
- Ask what the state's BEAD rules mean for subs. Workforce, safety and reporting requirements vary by state and are often passed down.
- Be findable. List your crew with the states and trades you cover, and watch fiber work on the board.
Other wired BEAD winners in the same states
4 IP Technology and MediaTX · $401.8 millionCableSouth Media III (SwyftFiber)LA · $344.7 millionWisper IspIL · $301.3 millionStrategic ManagementMI · $276.4 millionTrace Fiber Networks, LLC.OK · $192.2 millionBertram CommunicationsWI · $172.4 millionAstound Networks TexasTX · $165.3 millionVirginia EverywhereVA · $145.2 million
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