North Carolina
Broadband Office
Name: Division of Broadband & Digital Equity/Broadband Infrastructure Office
Location: Dept. of Information Technology
Enabling Act: n/a
Location: Dept. of Information Technology
Enabling Act: n/a
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
---|---|---|---|
$1,532,999,481 |
$273,583,159 |
$8,816,125,221 |
$42,186,617 |
BEAD
Overview
Total Allocation: $1,532,999,481
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Five-Year Plan
Initial Proposal
Final Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a
Due: TBD
Link: n/a
Digital Equity
Middle Mile
High-speed Economies for Rural Opportunity (HERO): NC Broadband Project
Applicant: MCNC
Total Cost: $18,959,598
NTIA Award: $11,186,163
Total Cost: $18,959,598
NTIA Award: $11,186,163
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$8,816,125,221
- For Broadband
- $251,102,803 (2.9%)
CPF
- Total
-
$273,583,159
- For Broadband
- $177,829,053 (65%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) Program [CPF]
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $400M total [$177.7M via CPF tranche 1]
Grantees: TBA
Rules: 2022 Guidance
Allocation: $400M total [$177.7M via CPF tranche 1]
Grantees: TBA
Rules: 2022 Guidance
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
Municipalities | Yes (subject to rules) |
Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
Electric Cooperatives | Yes (guardrails) |
Investor-Owned Utilities | Yes |
Footnotes
FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2022, 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.↩︎