As BEAD Funds Reach the Carolinas and Georgia, Municipalities Turn to Anaptyx for Post-Construction Network Operations

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. In a signal of how BEAD's next phase is reshaping vendor selection across the Southeast, municipal and state broadband officials are increasingly looking past construction firms to companies with proven managed network operating histories.

As the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program moves from planning into construction across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, state broadband offices and the local governments working alongside them are confronting a question that a fiber construction contract alone cannot answer: once the crews finish laying cable and the connection reaches a library, a city hall, or a public housing unit, who operates that network, secures it, and keeps it running for the next decade? For a growing number of municipalities and BEAD subgrantees in the Carolinas and Georgia, the answer is Anaptyx LLC, a Myrtle Beach based managed Wi Fi provider that has spent nearly twenty years building the exact operating track record this next phase of BEAD requires.

BEAD was designed to close the country's remaining broadband gaps, but the program's requirements extend well past construction. Subgrantees must show they can operate networks reliably for years, not simply build them, and states are increasingly directing attention toward cybersecurity planning, supply chain risk management, and long term service accountability as construction winds down and networks go live. Grant administrators and procurement officers evaluating vendors for that next phase are no longer just asking who can run fiber to a curb; they are asking who can keep a public network secure, documented, and online for the decade of service obligations that follows. That shift favors experienced operators over first time entrants, and it is precisely where Anaptyx has built its business.

A Municipal Track Record Built Since 2007

Anaptyx has designed, deployed, and managed wireless networks since 2007, completing dozens of municipal Wi Fi projects and earning a reputation across the Southeast as, in clients’ words, “the municipal wireless authority.” The company has held a General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract for nearly twenty years, providing state and local governments a pre-competed, low-friction path to procure the managed network, cybersecurity, and support services BEAD-funded facilities require. It is also a certified small disadvantaged business, supporting workforce and small business goals in many state BEAD plans.

This combination of long municipal experience and an active federal contract vehicle is uncommon for a company of Anaptyx’s size and reduces procurement risk for agencies evaluating new broadband partners. Anaptyx is not entering municipal networking because of BEAD—it has been in the space for eighteen years.

Beyond Wi Fi™: An Award Winning Platform Built for Complex Facilities

At the center of Anaptyx's offering is Anaptyx Beyond Wi Fi™, a managed network platform that unifies high-speed internet, streaming television service, security camera systems, electronic access control, and smart locks into a single professionally managed, segmented network. Rather than stitching together separate vendors for guest Wi Fi, security cameras, and door access, a municipality or housing authority working with Anaptyx gets one accountable operator managing all of it under one service relationship, with 24/7/365 monitoring and support behind it.

The platform's quality has drawn national recognition. Anaptyx Beyond Wi Fi™ was recently named the best managed Wi Fi platform in the United States by The Leader Report, an independent distinction that validates what the company's public sector and hospitality clients have said for years about its reliability. For municipalities and BEAD subgrantees evaluating vendors, that kind of third party recognition offers something a sales pitch cannot: outside confirmation that the platform performs at the standard federally funded infrastructure is expected to meet.

Just as important for BEAD connected buyers is how the platform is built. Beyond Wi Fi™ segments traffic by design, keeping municipal administrative systems, public safety communications, security cameras, access control systems, resident and guest networks, and connected devices logically separated from one another rather than sitting on a single flat network. That architecture is not just good practice; it speaks directly to the network segmentation and cybersecurity documentation that BEAD subgrantees are expected to produce as part of their ongoing compliance obligations.

Security Built In, Not Bolted On

Cybersecurity is a critical BEAD requirement, and Anaptyx has built protection into its network from the start. Every Anaptyx managed Wi Fi network runs on the DNSFilter Threat Protection System, a DNS based cybersecurity platform used nationwide to block malware, phishing, and other threats before they reach connected devices. By integrating DNSFilter into its Beyond Wi Fi™ platform, Anaptyx provides infrastructure level protection across guest, resident, camera, and administrative devices, not just at the perimeter. For state broadband offices and BEAD subgrantees, this built in, independently rated protection provides tangible evidence for cybersecurity and supply chain risk management documentation, helping demonstrate that federally funded networks serving public libraries, public safety facilities, and communities are protected as expected. 

Proven Reliability, Recognized Locally and Nationally

Municipalities considering a long term network operator are also, in effect, betting on that company's support organization, and Anaptyx has built an independently recognized one. The company has been named Best Internet Service Provider in the Best of Myrtle Beach awards for three consecutive years, from 2022 through 2024, and was separately recognized in 2024 for delivering first in class customer service, distinctions built on the same 24/7/365 support desk, led by Director of Customer Support Dan Franklin, that answers calls for its municipal, housing authority, and hospitality clients today. For a mayor's office or a county administrator, that is a more useful signal than a proposal's promises: it is a public record of a vendor being judged, repeatedly, by the customers already depending on it, in the same coastal Carolina market where many BEAD funded projects are now headed.

“Anaptyx LLC is the intelligent choice for State and Municipalities to consider for their managed wi fi BEAD funded municipal and community broadband projects.” Kenneth Carnesi, Sr. COO Anaptyx LLC

A Natural Fit for North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Anaptyx’s home state advantage is more than geographic. South Carolina’s BEAD program, run by the South Carolina Broadband Office, has narrowed to eight remaining subgrantee projects after most coverage gaps were closed, but about $510 million remains unspent pending federal guidance. That funding is expected to support community connectivity, cybersecurity, and digital equity work aligned with Anaptyx’s existing services. North Carolina has committed only a small portion of its $1.53 billion BEAD allocation to construction, leaving about $1.21 billion for non-deployment uses like cybersecurity, resiliency, and workforce development. Georgia is advancing through the same federal review process. Across all three states, the remaining work is less about building fiber and more about operating and securing networks—Anaptyx’s core focus since 2007.

Anaptyx is positioning itself not as a fiber builder competing for BEAD awards, but as the managed network, indoor connectivity, and cybersecurity partner for subgrantees, municipalities, housing authorities, and community institutions. This includes providers already winning South Carolina BEAD awards, such as ZiTEL and TruVista Communications, whose fiber networks will still require indoor distribution, segmentation, and ongoing support. With a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract, Anaptyx offers an easy procurement path for state and local governments, along with a fixed-scope Municipal Broadband and Managed Wi Fi Readiness Assessment to help communities evaluate coverage gaps and cybersecurity needs before committing to long-term solutions.

As BEAD-funded construction expands across the Carolinas and Georgia, municipalities and subgrantees will need experienced operators to maintain and secure these networks. They will look for partners with proven operations, recognized platforms, built-in cybersecurity, and reliable support. Anaptyx LLC brings nearly two decades of experience delivering all four.

About Anaptyx

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Anaptyx LLC is a managed Wi Fi provider serving municipalities, government agencies, housing authorities, HOAs and multi-dwelling units, and hospitality properties nationwide. Through its award winning Anaptyx Beyond Wi Fi™ platform, named the best managed Wi Fi platform in the U.S. by The Leader Report, Anaptyx delivers unified, professionally managed networks that combine high speed internet, streaming, security cameras, access control, and smart locks, protected by the DNSFilter Threat Protection System and backed by 24/7/365 support. 

Anaptyx holds a General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract and is a certified small disadvantaged business. Learn more at anaptyx.com or contact kcarnesi@anaptyx.com for additional information. 

Media Contact

Kenneth Carnesi, Sr., Operating Officer
Anaptyx LLC
2798G Howard Avenue, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
800 454 5202 | kcarnesi@anaptyx.com | anaptyx.com