Wedoany.com Report-Aug. 27, On August 26, Brightspeed, a leading U.S. fiber broadband provider, announced it received Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program grants totaling $222,165,886 across Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. These funds will enable the company to extend its high-speed Brightspeed Fiber Internet network to 73,709 additional homes and businesses.