Connecticut
Broadband Office
Name: Office of Telecom & Broadband (OTB)
Location: Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Enabling Act: Designated by governor in BEAD letter of intent
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
---|---|---|---|
$144,180,793 |
$141,932,612 |
$4,311,546,406 |
$16,950,125 |
BEAD
Overview
Total Allocation: $144,180,793
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Five-Year Plan
Status: Submitted
Due: 9/9/23
Link: n/a
Initial Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: 12/27/23
Link: n/a
Final Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a
Digital Equity
State Grants
Capacity Grant: $16,950,1253
Planning Grant: $736,568.10
Link to Plan: n/a
Summary of Uses: n/a
NTIA Grant Program
TBD
Middle Mile
No IIJA Middle Mile awardees
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$4,311,546,406
- For Broadband
- $7,500,312 (0.2%)
CPF
- Total
-
$141,932,612
- For Broadband
- $41,160,457 (29%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
ConneCTed Communities Grant Program
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: CPF – $40.8M [29% of $142M in CPF funds allocated to the state; as of Aug. 2022]
Grantees: n/a
Rules: Forthcoming; RFI comments available here
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
Municipalities | Yes |
Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
Electric Cooperatives | Yes |
Investor-Owned Utilities | Yes |
Footnotes
FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2021, US Census Bureau.↩︎
ACLP Overview of IIJA Digital Equity Grant Programs.↩︎
Broadband infrastructure is one of several applicable uses of SLFRF funds.↩︎
Updated as of March 2023.↩︎
Updated as of September 2022.↩︎