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Open Fiber (Ripple) BEAD awards

Open Fiber (Ripple) won $597,177 in BEAD grants to serve 245 locations in North Carolina, according to the state award lists below. These are wired builds, which means construction: placement, boring, splicing and drops.

245 locations · Optical Carrier/ Fiber to the Premises · provider match $199,059
Harnett (201), Nash (28), Union (16)
Source: NC Department of Information Technology, Division of Broadband and Digital Equity: BEAD Awards Approved by NTIA (retrieved 2026-09-22)
BEAD grants
$597,177
Locations
245
Grant per location
$2,437

What this build needs from crews

  • Placement. The state files don't split buried from aerial miles for Open Fiber, so expect both underground and aerial work.
  • Splicing and drops. Every one of the 245 locations needs a drop and a splice at the end (fiber splicing).

How subs usually get on a BEAD build

  1. Find out who is building. Providers often hand construction to a prime or an engineering and construction firm, and those firms hire the subs.
  2. Get your paperwork ready before you call: certificate of insurance, W-9, safety program, and proof you can do the footage.
  3. Ask what the state's BEAD rules mean for subs. Workforce, safety and reporting requirements vary by state and are often passed down.
  4. Be findable. List your crew with the states and trades you cover, and watch fiber work on the board.

Other wired BEAD winners in North Carolina

BrightspeedNC · $77.5 millionBellSouth Telecommunications (AT&T)NC · $73.0 millionSpectrumNC · $71.5 millionFrontier Communications of the CarolinasNC · $43.7 millionComporiumNC · $8.7 millionCherokee CablevisionNC · $5.2 millionZito West Holding (Zito Media)NC · $3.3 millionYadkin Valley TMC (Zirrus)NC · $3.1 million
Want to build for Open Fiber (Ripple)?

Providers and their primes staff these builds with subcontractors. List your crew with the states and trades you cover so they can find you. Free.

List your crewFiber work on the board

Provisional awards can change as states finalize agreements. TrackOver isn't affiliated with Open Fiber (Ripple). All providers.