SpaceX has issued a letter of objection regarding Virginia's Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program Final Proposal, criticizing the handling of the program by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The company argues that the proposal represents a significant waste of taxpayer money, emphasizing a return to ineffective strategies from the Biden administration. SpaceX claims it has been unfairly excluded from competing for a majority of households and outlines various complaints regarding spending, competition issues, and regulatory shortcomings. The letter demands a revision of the proposal to meet legal requirements.
The Commonwealth of Virginia's Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Final Proposal represents a massive waste of federal taxpayer money, reverting to the Biden Administration's failed approach.
Virginia has put its heavy thumb on the scale in favor of expensive, slow-to-build fiber bias over speedy, low cost, and technology neutral competition.
The document points to what SpaceX considers grossly wasteful spending, lack of a competitive process, and payment of mere lip service to statutory and regulatory requirements.
The SpaceX letter concludes that the Virginia BEAD Final Proposal must be revised to comply with the legal requirements of the program or be rejected.
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