Alaska

Broadband Office

Name: AK Broadband Office
Location: Dept. of Commerce, Community & Economic Development
Enabling Act: AK Stat. §44.33.910

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

275,813

170,247

17,383

88,183
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

91.6%

68.4%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$1,017,139,672

$111,803,893

$1,247,009,963

$10,330,892

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $1,017,139,672
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 9/4/23
Link: 5-Year Plan

Initial Proposal

Status: Drafted
Due: 12/27/23
Link: Initial Proposal Vol. 1 Vol. 2

Final Proposal

Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $10,330,8923
Planning Grant: $567,800.00
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Nome to Homer Express

Applicant: QSH Parent Holdco LLC
Total Cost: $150,799,820
NTIA Award: $88,896,494

ARPA

SLFRF

Total4

$1,247,009,963

For Broadband
$44,000 (0%)

CPF

Total

$111,803,893

For Broadband
$0 (0%)
Program Link

State Funding

No open/recent grant programs

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs5

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities

Yes
Municipal Electric Utilities

Yes
Electric Cooperatives

Yes
Investor-Owned Utilities

Yes

Footnotes

  1. FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).↩︎

  2. ACS 1-Year Data, 2022, US Census Bureau.↩︎

  3. ACLP Overview of IIJA Digital Equity Grant Programs.↩︎

  4. Broadband infrastructure is one of several applicable uses of SLFRF funds.↩︎

  5. Updated as of September 2022.↩︎