As BEAD moves from planning into deployment, the program is entering a new phase with important implications for broadband infrastructure and the communities it will serve. In this milestone 300th episode of Fiber for Breakfast, Gary Bolton, President & CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association, is joined by Arielle Roth, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator, to discuss BEAD’s progress, evolution and long-term impact. They’ll explore early deployment, public-private investment, recent program changes, American-made infrastructure, and efforts to address locations missed in initial awards. This conversation will also examine how broadband can enable AI, quantum computing, data centers and other emerging technologies as the industry looks toward what comes next.