Summary:

– State may return $225M in broadband expansion funds to federal government.

– Officials say all Oklahomans will still gain access with cheaper tech.

– Critics warn rural areas risk being left behind without full funding.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Critics are panning a proposal to return $225 million in federal grants earmarked to expand broadband access, saying it would be wrong to send back any funding while Oklahomans across the state continue to struggle to access it.

But the head of the state’s broadband office said everyone who was expected to be served by the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program will still have access as promised. Changes made by the Trump administration in how a key federal program can be implemented means it costs substantially less to co

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