Connecticut

Broadband Office

Name: Office of Telecom & Broadband (OTB)
Location: Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Enabling Act: Designated by governor in BEAD letter of intent

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
1,085,243	1,069,578	4,049	11,616

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
92.1%	80.2%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$144,180,793	$141,932,612	$4,343,644,561	$16,950,125

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $144,180,793
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Submitted
Due: 9/9/23
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: $16,950,125³
Planning Grant: $736,568.10
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

No IIJA Middle Mile awardees

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$4,343,644,561

For Broadband

$6,779,007 (0.2%)

CPF

Total

$141,932,612

For Broadband

$41,160,457 (29%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

ConneCTed Communities Grant Program

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: CPF – $40.8M [29% of $142M in CPF funds allocated to the state; as of Aug. 2022]
Grantees: n/a
Rules: Forthcoming; RFI comments available here

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs⁶

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 March 2023.

6. Updated as of September 2022.