{
  "state": "ME",
  "programs": [
    {
      "name": "Maine Connectivity Authority",
      "summary": "BEAD allocation about $272 million. Provisional awards total $109,412,662. Project areas are not mapped here yet."
    }
  ],
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "me-bead-consolidated-communications",
      "program": "BEAD",
      "awardee": "Consolidated Communications",
      "status": "provisional",
      "technology": "Fiber",
      "amount": 35451257,
      "locations": 17390,
      "scope": "statewide",
      "source": "https://brandergroup.net/2025/11/bead-broadband-status-awards-by-state-october-2025/",
      "updated": "2025-10"
    },
    {
      "id": "me-bead-starlink-spacex",
      "program": "BEAD",
      "awardee": "Starlink (SpaceX)",
      "status": "provisional",
      "technology": "LEO satellite",
      "amount": 6797559,
      "locations": 3464,
      "scope": "statewide",
      "source": "https://brandergroup.net/2025/11/bead-broadband-status-awards-by-state-october-2025/",
      "updated": "2025-10"
    },
    {
      "id": "me-bead-unitel-direct-communications",
      "program": "BEAD",
      "awardee": "UniTel (Direct Communications)",
      "status": "provisional",
      "technology": "Fiber",
      "amount": 2811359,
      "locations": 1218,
      "scope": "statewide",
      "source": "https://brandergroup.net/2025/11/bead-broadband-status-awards-by-state-october-2025/",
      "updated": "2025-10"
    },
    {
      "id": "me-bead-pioneer-broadband",
      "program": "BEAD",
      "awardee": "Pioneer Broadband",
      "status": "provisional",
      "technology": "Fiber",
      "amount": 1681301,
      "locations": 974,
      "scope": "statewide",
      "source": "https://brandergroup.net/2025/11/bead-broadband-status-awards-by-state-october-2025/",
      "updated": "2025-10"
    },
    {
      "id": "me-bead-union-river-direct-communications",
      "program": "BEAD",
      "awardee": "Union River (Direct Communications)",
      "status": "provisional",
      "technology": "Fiber",
      "amount": 1488687,
      "locations": 145,
      "scope": "statewide",
      "source": "https://brandergroup.net/2025/11/bead-broadband-status-awards-by-state-october-2025/",
      "updated": "2025-10"
    },
    {
      "id": "me-bead-comcast",
      "program": "BEAD",
      "awardee": "Comcast",
      "status": "provisional",
      "technology": "HFC",
      "amount": 139122,
      "locations": 71,
      "scope": "statewide",
      "source": "https://brandergroup.net/2025/11/bead-broadband-status-awards-by-state-october-2025/",
      "updated": "2025-10"
    }
  ]
}