- NTIA approved Texas' Post Award Change on Oct 15, 2026; the state had submitted it on Sep 21.
- The updated Texas lists show 228,252 locations: 117,001 fiber, 70,422 low-orbit satellite (all SpaceX) and 40,829 fixed wireless.
- SpaceX went from 63,887 to 70,422 locations, and Amazon's original 2,014 locations are no longer on the state's list.
- The state says a public BEAD Location Progress Map is coming in early 2027.
- A Texas location's provider or technology may have changed since the 2025 plan, so it's worth looking it up again.
On Oct 15, 2026, NTIA approved the changes Texas made to its BEAD awards after the original plan. The state’s updated lists now show 228,252 funded locations, and SpaceX holds all 70,422 of the satellite ones, up from 63,887. In Texas, satellite went up, not down.
What changed
Texas sent NTIA a Post Award Change on Sep 21, 2026, and NTIA approved it on Oct 15, according to the Texas Comptroller’s BEAD page. Here is how the updated state lists compare with the plan NTIA first approved:
| Technology | Original plan (NTIA overview, Nov 18, 2025) | Updated state lists (Oct 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 122,994 | 117,001 |
| Low-orbit satellite | 65,901 (SpaceX 63,887, Amazon 2,014) | 70,422 (all SpaceX) |
| Fixed wireless | 54,008 | 40,829 |
| Total locations | 242,903 | 228,252 |
The updated lists also include 2,178 community anchor institutions, such as schools and libraries, and about $1.254 billion in BEAD support. SpaceX’s share of that rose from about $108.8 million to about $120.1 million.
How Texas got here
- June 2026: the press reported that four provisional winners backed out of about 31,000 Texas locations. The state then ran a Special Process, open only to providers with signed agreements, and picked eight of them to serve more than 27,000 locations.
- Amazon: its original award of 2,014 locations is gone from the state’s updated subgrantee list.
- Aug 12, 2026: the press reported that the office paused BEAD payments to providers “until further notice” after a leadership change. No end date had been published by Nov 3, 2026.
- Sep 3, 2026: Texas announced a Supplemental Deployment Round for unserved locations that weren’t eligible the first time.
Who it affects
Texas households at BEAD-funded locations, especially where a provider withdrew, where the technology changed, or where SpaceX now holds the location. Homes left out of the original plan should watch the Supplemental Deployment Round instead.
What to do now
- Find your FCC location ID on the FCC National Broadband Map. Our FCC map guide shows where it appears.
- Search for that ID in the “BEAD BSLs” spreadsheet on the Texas Comptroller’s BEAD page. It lists every funded location with its project.
- Look up the project in the “Deployment Projects” spreadsheet to see the provider and its estimated completion date. The state’s estimates run from 2027 to Oct 31, 2030, with SpaceX projects estimated at May 30, 2028.
- Use the Texas BEAD Award Map for a quick look at award areas, but don’t rely on it alone: it’s listed with the originally approved awards and may not show the October changes yet.
- If your location is now a SpaceX location, ask the Texas Broadband Development Office how funded locations sign up before you buy equipment.
Texas says awardees have four years to finish, and it promises a public BEAD Location Progress Map “in early 2027”. The Texas guide keeps the state’s award links and changes in one place.