Alaska

Broadband Office

Name: AK Broadband Office
Location: Dept. of Commerce, Community & Economic Development
Enabling Act: AK Stat. §44.33.910

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
281,535	180,556	27,686	73,293

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
93.1%	70.6%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$1,017,139,672	$111,803,893	$1,247,009,963	$10,330,892

BEAD

Total Allocation: $1,017,139,672

• Five Year Plan
• Initial Proposal

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $10,330,892³
Planning Grant: $567,800.00
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Nome to Homer Express

Applicant: QSH Parent Holdco LLC
Total Cost: $150,799,820
NTIA Award: $88,896,494

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$1,247,009,963

For Broadband

$44,000 (0%)

CPF

Total

$111,803,893

For Broadband

$0 (0%)

Program Link

State Funding

No open/recent grant programs

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs⁵

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 July 25, 2024).

2. ACS 1-Year Data, 2023, 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 September 2022.