Hawaii

Broadband Office

Name: HI Broadband & Digital Equity Office
Location: Dept. of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
Enabling Act: HI Rev. Stat. §206S-1 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

309,237

296,496

1,075

11,666
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

91.3%

78.6%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$149,484,494

$115,475,318

$2,167,315,126

$11,784,397

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $149,484,494
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Draft Released
Due: 8/27/23
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: $11,784,3973
Planning Grant: $570,883.00
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Project URGENT

Applicant: Hawaiian Telcom, Inc.
Total Cost: $87,466,529
NTIA Award: $37,356,955

ARPA

SLFRF

Total4

$2,167,315,126

For Broadband
$1,072,375 (0.1%)

CPF

Total

$115,475,318

For Broadband
$115,475,318 (100%)
Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs5

Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program [HI Rev. Stat. §206R-1 et seq.]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: n/a
Grantees: n/a
Rules: Details provided in statute (e.g., grant will cover only 40% of project; no muni applicants)

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.↩︎