LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Michigan High-Speed Internet Office (MIHI) wants feedback from Michigan residents on Volume 1 of Michigan’s Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Initial Proposal.

The proposal details how Michigan will use $1.559 billion in funding from the BEAD Act to expand high-speed internet service across the state — whether that be in homes, businesses or community institutions.

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Governor Whitmer said the funding could help more than 200,000 homes gain access to high-speed internet.

Volume 1 of the Initial Proposal outlines the process MIHI will use to identify the places across the state that are eligible to receive internet access through the BEAD Program.

Public comment on Volume 1 of the proposal is open now through 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 31. Comments can be submitted here. 

Volume 2 is expected to be released for public comment soon.