Maine

Broadband Office

Name: Maine Connectivity Authority
Location: Maine Connectivity Authority (Quasi-Governmental)
Enabling Act: 35-A ME Rev. Stat. § 9201 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

627,751

560,417

32,046

35,288
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

91.8%

77.1%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$271,977,723

$128,245,250

$1,468,481,562

$11,676,595

BEAD

Total Allocation: $271,977,723

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $11,676,5953
Planning Grant: $542,222.32
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

MOOSE (Maine Online Optical Statewide Enabling) Network

Applicant: State of Maine
Total Cost: $53,353,132
NTIA Award: $30,016,472

ARPA

SLFRF

Total4

$1,468,481,562

For Broadband
$22,446,226 (1.5%)

CPF

Total

$128,245,250

For Broadband
$110,290,915 (86%)
Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs5

Maine Infrastructure Ready

Agency: MCA and ConnectMaine Authority
Allocation: ~$150M [$110M via CPF Round 1; $28M via CPF Round 2; remainder from state recovery funds]
Grantees: Jan. 2023 awardees [First Cohort via Connect the Ready]
Rules: Program FAQs; Second Cohort Application Guidance

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.↩︎