Wyoming

Broadband Office

Name: WY Broadband Office
Location: WY Business Council
Enabling Act: WY Stat. § 9-12-1501 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
261,019	201,402	20,403	39,214

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
89.5%	70.0%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$347,877,921	$109,467,449	$1,247,267,479	$9,401,526

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $347,877,921
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Unreleased
Due: 9/26/23
Link: n/a

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: $9,401,526³
Planning Grant: $530,006.00
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

No IIJA Middle Mile awardees

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$1,247,267,479

For Broadband

$509,901 (0.0%)

CPF

Total

$109,467,449

For Broadband

$70,059,167 (64%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Connect Wyoming [CPF]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $70.5M [allocated by Treasury in Feb. 2023, representing 64% of the state’s $109M allotment of CPF funds]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: Program Rules

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.