Hawaiʻi BEAD Explorer
A weekend exploration of Hawaiʻi's public BEAD documents. Answers are grounded only in the loaded sources; every value shows its receipt.
Not affiliated with the State of Hawaiʻi, the University of Hawaiʻi, NTIA, the FCC, or any vendor.
Program status
BEAD allocation
$149,484,493.57
Final Proposal approved by NTIA
November 18, 2025
Receipt
“Hawaiʻi received NTIA approval of its Final Proposal on November 18, 2025.”
UHBO Final Proposal page, p.1BEAD-funded locations (approved Final Proposal)
7,033
5,748 fiber-to-the-premises (81.7%) · 1,285 LEO satellite (18.3%)
Approved BEAD deployment cost
$30,672,750
Provider match $10,224,250 · savings vs. allocation $118,811,744
Subgrantees
Hawaiian Telcom (fiber) · Amazon Leo (LEO satellite)
Performance period: 4 years fiber, 10 years LEO
Receipt
“The contracted performance period is four years for Hawaiian Telecom; 10 years for Amazon Leo.”
Lt. Governor release, Dec 23 2025, p.1Challenge process
37,593 challenges received
Held Aug 19 – Dec 7, 2024 · results approved by NTIA Dec 20, 2024
Deployment
Construction phase (announced Aug 4, 2026)
$34M Hawaiian Telcom contract · ~5,800 homes
Receipt
“Hawaiʻi has finalized a $34-million contract with Hawaiian Telcom to deliver fiber-optic service to approximately 5,800 homes”
UH News, Aug 4 2026, p.1FCC BDC, statewide (availability as of Dec 31, 2025)
8,324 unserved · 458 underserved
of 320,467 broadband serviceable locations
Receipt
data/fcc-hi-summary.csv
row: {"GEOID":"15"}
columns: UnservedBSLs=8324, UnderservedBSLs=458, TotalBSLs=320467
pulled: UnservedBSLs=8324, UnderservedBSLs=458, TotalBSLs=320467
FCC Broadband Data Collection via the Esri Living Atlas republication; see data/fcc-hi-summary.meta.json for retrieval date.
Where the gaps are
| County | FCC BDC — availability as of Dec 31, 2025 | BEAD Final Proposal — Dec 31, 2024 fabric | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSLs | Unserved | Underserved | Total | Funded unserved | Funded underserved | Fiber | LEO | |
| Hawaiʻi | 78,440 | 6,047 | 376 | 5,208 | 5,012 | 196 | 4,146 | 1,062 |
| Honolulu | 176,263 | 803 | 37 | 897 | 877 | 20 | 881 | 16 |
| Kalawao | 182 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kauaʻi | 22,444 | 478 | 3 | 145 | 141 | 4 | 68 | 77 |
| Maui | 43,138 | 982 | 42 | 759 | 602 | 157 | 629 | 130 |
| Hawaiʻi (statewide) | 320,467 | 8,324 | 458 | 7,009 | 6,632 | 377 | 5,724 | 1,285 |
The two series use different location fabrics and definitions — the FCC serviceable-location tiers versus NTIA's approved BEAD-eligible list after the challenge process — and must not be added or subtracted across series. Kalawao has an FCC row but is folded into Maui in the BEAD project areas.
Receipts
FCC BDC — availability as of Dec 31, 2025
state query: https://services8.arcgis.com/peDZJliSvYims39Q/arcgis/rest/services/FCC_Broadband_Data_Collection_December_2024_View/FeatureServer/0/query?where=StateAbbr%3D%27HI%27&outFields=*&returnGeometry=false&f=json
county query: https://services8.arcgis.com/peDZJliSvYims39Q/arcgis/rest/services/FCC_Broadband_Data_Collection_December_2024_View/FeatureServer/1/query?where=StateAbbr%3D%27HI%27&outFields=*&returnGeometry=false&f=json
retrieved_at: 2026-09-15T19:40:19.701Z
derivation: data/fcc-hi-summary.csv columns TotalBSLs, UnservedBSLs, UnderservedBSLs by GEOID
BEAD Final Proposal — Dec 31, 2024 fabric
source: https://www.hawaii.edu/broadband/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2026/01/fp_locations_approved.xlsx
sha256: 36afde586673f0f98593814db7f3ad33722e17a07618a61aa3250c7c8224841a
bytes: 227142
fetched_at: 2026-09-16T09:41:42.369Z
row_count: 7009
derivation: data/bead-hi-project-areas.csv aggregates project_id suffix → county (HAWAII/HONOLULU/KAUAI/MAUI), classification 0=unserved · 1=underserved, technology 50=fiber · 61=LEO
Counts approved-funded locations in NTIA-approved BEAD Final Proposal project areas. Kalawao County is not a separate project area; its BSLs fall under Maui project areas.
County geometry
source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Generalized_ACS2023/State_County/MapServer/11/query?where=STATE%3D%2715%27&outFields=GEOID,STATE,COUNTY,NAME,BASENAME,AREALAND,AREAWATER&outSR=4326&f=geojson
raw_sha256: 4f743b0bbf10ce5357a0c5d43e6bd4019699359a178b0d5a79c1075291e62172
output_sha256: 2dc1a12e1241173aa0f339817a07db2fb211e7f5f601b3291a6bb94b123f758e
fetched_at: 2026-09-16T09:41:53.597Z
derivation: data/hi-counties.geojson — TIGERweb Generalized ACS2023 State/County features filtered to STATE=15, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands rings of Honolulu County dropped (all vertices west of longitude -160.6)
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Loaded corpus
| short | kind | pages | sha256 | fetched_at | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Proposal | 34 | 4b9bde0a8ed9 | 2026-09-16T02:07:55.338Z | open | |
| Final Proposal Appendix | 14 | e95f333ebe4b | 2026-09-16T02:07:56.038Z | open | |
| NTIA Final Proposal Overview | 1 | 863943ab6246 | 2026-09-16T02:07:56.231Z | open | |
| Initial Proposal Vol. 1 | 44 | a3a6b60b6cd3 | 2026-09-16T02:07:56.289Z | open | |
| Initial Proposal Vol. 2 | 119 | 54a3ea79e6e2 | 2026-09-16T02:07:56.748Z | open | |
| Challenge Process Guide | 42 | bf4486998ee2 | 2026-09-16T02:07:57.790Z | open | |
| UHBO Challenge Process page | html | 1 | 9d7a03991d13 | 2026-09-16T02:07:58.259Z | open |
| UHBO Final Proposal page | html | 1 | 0f9d5e461764 | 2026-09-16T02:07:58.335Z | open |
| NTIA release, Nov 18 2025 | html | 1 | c04189a51a2e | 2026-09-16T02:07:58.357Z | open |
| Lt. Governor release, Dec 23 2025 | html | 1 | d60dd13562da | 2026-09-16T02:07:58.392Z | open |
| UH News, Aug 4 2026 | html | 1 | 58bed1b95467 | 2026-09-16T02:07:58.412Z | open |