New Hampshire
Broadband Office
Name: Office of Broadband Initiatives
Location: Dept. of Business & Economic Affairs (BEA)
Enabling Act: n/a
Location: Dept. of Business & Economic Affairs (BEA)
Enabling Act: n/a
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
| BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
|---|---|---|---|
$405,281,070 |
$122,066,151 |
$1,452,536,234 |
$11,250,836 |
BEAD
Total Allocation: $405,281,070
Digital Equity
State Grants
Capacity Grant: $11,250,8363
Planning Grant: $525,033.51
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
Planning Grant: $525,033.51
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
NTIA Grant Program
TBD
Middle Mile
No IIJA Middle Mile awardees
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$1,452,536,234
- For Broadband
- $4,639,398 (0.3%)
CPF
- Total
-
$122,066,151
- For Broadband
- $122,066,151 (100%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
Broadband Matching Grant Initiative [CPF]
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $66M [this is the amount that NH was awarded by Treasury in Sept. 2022 for the Matching Grant program]
Grantees: Consolidated Communications
Rules: BMGI Rules
Allocation: $66M [this is the amount that NH was awarded by Treasury in Sept. 2022 for the Matching Grant program]
Grantees: Consolidated Communications
Rules: BMGI Rules
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
| Municipalities | Yes |
| Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
| Electric Cooperatives | Yes |
| Investor-Owned Utilities | Yes |
Footnotes
FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 07, 2025).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2023, 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.↩︎