Montana
Broadband Office
Name: ConnectMT
Location: Dept. of Administration
Enabling Act: MT Code Ann. § 90-1-601 et seq.
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
---|---|---|---|
$628,973,799 |
$119,934,533 |
$1,246,901,425 |
$12,061,973 |
BEAD
Overview
Total Allocation: $628,973,799
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Five-Year Plan
Status: Drafted
Due: 9/8/23
Link: 5-Year Plan
Initial Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: 12/27/23
Link: Initial Proposal Vol. 1
Final Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a
Digital Equity
Middle Mile
Sapphire Ring
Applicant: Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Total Cost: $16,795,000
NTIA Award: $11,756,500
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$1,246,901,425
- For Broadband
- $0 (0.0%)
CPF
- Total
-
$119,934,533
- For Broadband
- $119,934,533 (100%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
ConnectMT [primarily ARPA SLFRF]
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $309M
Grantees: Awardee Info. from Dec. 2022
Rules: Application Guide (for 2022 grant round); [click here for more resources]
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
Municipalities | Yes (subject to rules) |
Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
Electric Cooperatives | Yes |
Investor-Owned Utilities | Yes |
Footnotes
FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2021, 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.↩︎