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]

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

387,123

372,167

12,904

2,052
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

91.9%

79.2%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$107,748,385

$112,839,386

$1,247,075,666

$10,016,006

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $107,748,385
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Submitted to NTIA
Due: 8/18/23
Link: n/a

Initial Proposal

Status: Drafted
Due: 12/27/23
Link: Initial Proposal Vol. 1

Final Proposal

Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $10,016,0063
Planning Grant: $516,096.05
Link to Plan: n/a
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
$43,200,000 (3.5%)

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

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.↩︎