Florida

Broadband Office

Name: FL Office of Broadband
Location: Dept. of Economic Opportunity
Enabling Act: FL Stat. §288.9961

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
7,427,509	7,077,171	112,563	237,775

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
92.9%	78.0%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$1,169,947,393	$366,036,869	$15,895,372,914	$74,370,386

BEAD

Total Allocation: $1,169,947,393

• Five Year Plan
• Initial Proposal

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $74,370,386³
Planning Grant: $2,407,223.57
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

WANRack-mm-FL2

Applicant: WANRack
Total Cost: $5,738,951
NTIA Award: $2,812,086

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$15,895,372,914

For Broadband

$31,057,929 (0.2%)

CPF

Total

$366,036,869

For Broadband

$248,000,000 (68%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Broadband Opportunity Program

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $226M
Grantees: Round 1 list; Round 2 list; Round 3 list
Rules: Issued Nov. 2022

Broadband Infrastructure Program [CPF]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $247.8M (CPF)
Grantees: Awards
Rules: Program Guidelines

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 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 March 2023.

6. Updated as of September 2022.