Illinois

Broadband Office

Name: IL Office of Broadband
Location: Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
Enabling Act: n/a

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
4,168,786	3,802,628	131,509	234,649

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
90.7%	74.9%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$1,040,420,752	$253,682,328	$13,941,261,410	$45,515,092

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $1,040,420,752
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 9/16/23
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: $45,515,092³
Planning Grant: $1,515,352.64
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Chicago Middle Mile Fiber for Disadvantaged Communities

Applicant: Commonwealth Edison Company
Total Cost: $83,752,765
NTIA Award: $14,557,740

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$13,941,261,410

For Broadband

$6,239,658 (0.04%)

CPF

Total

$253,682,328

For Broadband

$253,682,328 (100%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Connect Illinois [CPF]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $253.7M [allocated in Dec. 2022]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: Program information 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.