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

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

1,085,243

1,069,578

4,049

11,616
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

92.2%

80.7%

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

  1. FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).↩︎

  2. ACS 1-Year Data, 2021, 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.↩︎