Maryland

Broadband Office

Name: Office of Statewide Broadband
Location: Dept. of Housing & Community Development (HCD)
Enabling Act: MD Code, Housing & Community Development, § 6.5-101 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
1,848,050	1,781,159	22,857	44,034

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
92.4%	80.2%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$267,738,401	$171,223,815	$5,954,383,552	$24,761,104

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $267,738,401
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 9/8/23
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: $24,761,104³
Planning Grant: $966,659.11
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

BGE Underground Fiber Project

Applicant: Baltimore Gas & Electric
Total Cost: $30,889,370
NTIA Award: $15,438,845

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$5,954,383,552

For Broadband

$177,312,225 (3%)

CPF

Total

$171,223,815

For Broadband

$94,173,098 (55%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Maryland Network Infrastructure Grant Program [CPF]

Agency: Office of Statewide Broadband; HCD
Allocation: $95M
Grantees: 2023 Awardees
Rules: Application Guide (Oct. 2022)

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs⁶

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities	Yes
Municipal Electric Utilities	Yes
Electric Cooperatives	Yes (guardrails)
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.