Louisiana Contractor Again Urging BEAD Progress

Louisiana Contractor Again Urging BEAD Progress

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2025 – A Louisiana contractor is again asking the Commerce Department to move forward with a $42.45 billion broadband expansion program.“I’m writing to you now because what’s happening in Washington is actively threatening everything we’ve built,” Caleb Etheridge, co-owner of broadband construction company EPC, wrote in a Wednesday letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “To say it very plainly and remove any inferences,…

“You’re not keeping your word”: Louisiana fibre firm rails against Trump govt over BEAD delays

News The CEO of a Louisiana broadband construction firm has called out Donald Trump’s Sec. of Commerce in an open plea for an end to BEAD delays By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Frustration only continues to grow in rural Louisiana as a result of BEAD delays, as evidenced by the latest plea for action from Caleb Etheridge, the founder and CEO of EPC. Etheridge’s company, a broadband construction firm in rural North Louisiana, has suffered…