Rhode Island

Broadband Office

Name: Office of Broadband & Digital Equity
Location: Commerce Corporation
Enabling Act: n/a

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
339,313	336,931	338	2,044

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
92.9%	78.4%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$108,718,821	$112,291,189	$1,657,584,583	$10,124,91

BEAD

Total Allocation: $108,718,821

• Five Year Plan
• Initial Proposal

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $10,124,91³
Planning Grant: $506,100.07
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

$1,657,584,583

For Broadband

$444,825 (0.0%)

CPF

Total

$112,291,189

For Broadband

$112,291,189 (100%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Broadband Infrastructure Investment Program

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $25M [CPF; additional funds from BEAD TBA]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: TBD

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.