Tester Secures $629 Million From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Bolster High Speed Internet Across Montana, Serve More Than 100k Households & Businesses

Funding comes from Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program that Senator Tester helped write into law; More than 100k unserved locations in Montana anticipated to receive coverage

(Big Sandy, Mont.) – As a direct result of his bipartisan infrastructure law, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $628,973,798 in funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program to build high speed internet infrastructure that is anticipated to cover more than 100,000 unserved locations across Montana.