Delaware
Broadband Office
Name: DE Broadband Initiative
Location: Dept. of Technology & Information (DIT)
Enabling Act: 29 DE Code §9001C et seq. [statute neither references broadband nor encompasses the broadband initiative]
Location: Dept. of Technology & Information (DIT)
Enabling Act: 29 DE Code §9001C et seq. [statute neither references broadband nor encompasses the broadband initiative]
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
| BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
|---|---|---|---|
$107,748,385 |
$112,839,386 |
$1,247,075,666 |
$10,016,006 |
BEAD
Total Allocation: $107,748,385
Digital Equity
State Grants
Capacity Grant: $10,016,0063
Planning Grant: $516,096.05
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
Planning Grant: $516,096.05
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
NTIA Grant Program
TBD
Middle Mile
No IIJA Middle Mile awardees
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$1,247,075,666
- For Broadband
- $34,104,985 (2.7%)
CPF
- Total
-
$112,839,386
- For Broadband
- $65,900,000 (58%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $56M (out of $110M) (mostly ARPA)
Grantees: Comcast, Verizon, Mediacom
Rules: n/a
Allocation: $56M (out of $110M) (mostly ARPA)
Grantees: Comcast, Verizon, Mediacom
Rules: n/a
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 July 25, 2024).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2023, 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.↩︎