Brightspeed BEAD awards
Brightspeed won $75.5 million in BEAD grants to serve 19,023 locations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia, according to the state award lists below. These are wired builds, which means construction: placement, boring, splicing and drops.
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)
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)
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)
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