South Dakota

Broadband Office

Name: ConnectSD
Location: Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Enabling Act: n/a

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
400,066	357,473	14,203	28,390

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
89.9%	75.8%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$207,227,524	$115,898,703	$1,245,434,700	$10,512,628

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $207,227,524
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 8/26/23
Link: 5-Year Plan

Initial Proposal

Status: V1 Final, V2 Draft
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: $10,512,628³
Planning Grant: $527,051.65
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

No IIJA Middle Mile awardees

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$1,245,434,700

For Broadband

$47,783,815 (3.8%)

CPF

Total

$115,898,703

For Broadband

$0 (0%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

ConnectSD Broadband Development Program

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $25M [$221M+ allocated since 2019]
Grantees: 2023 Awardees (approved May 2023)
Rules: Application 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.