Illinois

Broadband Office

Name: IL Office of Broadband
Location: Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
Enabling Act: n/a

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

4,142,867

3,900,584

93,500

148,783
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

91.6%

74.4%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$1,040,420,752

$253,682,328

$13,941,261,410

$45,515,092

BEAD

Total Allocation: $1,040,420,752

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $45,515,0923
Planning Grant: $1,515,352.64
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Chicago Middle Mile Fiber for Disadvantaged Communities

Applicant: Commonwealth Edison Company
Total Cost: $83,752,765
NTIA Award: $14,557,740

ARPA

SLFRF

Total4

$13,941,261,410

For Broadband
$6,239,658 (0.04%)

CPF

Total

$253,682,328

For Broadband
$253,682,328 (100%)
Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs5

Connect Illinois [CPF]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $253.7M [allocated in Dec. 2022]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: Program information 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 07, 2025).↩︎

  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.↩︎