Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 12 - Finance and Administration
Part 12 - Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM)
Chapter 2 - BEAM Fund Grant Programs - General Information
Rule 12-12-2.5 - Eligible areas for grants

All areas in Mississippi without broadband service as defined in Rule 1.2(4) are eligible for funding under the BEAM Fund Grant Programs in the categories provided in Rule 2.2(1)-(4). No final award will be made if the proposed project includes an area where broadband is currently deployed, or where construction of a network to deploy broadband service is underway by a provider other than the applicant, and the construction is scheduled to be completed within one year after the date of the application. Areas with no current access to internet service with at least 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload (25/3) are considered critical need areas. Addresses with current or future access to service only by satellite providers or mobile wireless networks are also considered critical need areas. Eligible areas of critical need will be determined by census block based on FCC data as supplemented by current state data and posted on BEAM's website in advance of the opening of the application window.

2022 Miss. Laws, Ch. 397 (H.B. No. 1029)