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Distribution of Broadband Stimulus Grants
and Loans: Applications and Awards
Lennard G. Kruger
Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
October 7, 2010
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Summary
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, P.L. 111-5) provided $7.2 billion
primarily for broadband grant and loan programs to be administered by two separate agencies: the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the Department of
Commerce (DOC) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA). The NTIA grant program is called the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program
(BTOP). The RUS broadband grant and loan program is called the Broadband Initiatives Program
(BIP).
As of October 1, 2010, all BTOP and BIP award announcements are complete. In total, NTIA and
RUS announced awards for 540 projects, constituting $7.58 billion in federal funding. This
included 233 BTOP projects (totaling $3.94 billion) and 307 BIP projects (totaling $3.64 billion).
Of the $7.58 billion total announced, $6.26 billion was grant funding, and $1.32 billion was loan
funding.
This report focuses on the distribution of ARRA broadband funding with respect to project
category, broadband infrastructure technology deployed, and state-by-state distribution. Of all
broadband infrastructure funding, a little more than half (51%) was awarded to middle mile
projects and 49% was awarded to last mile projects. Deployment of broadband infrastructure can
encompass a number of different types of technologies, including fiber, wireless, cable modem,
DSL, satellite, and others. Projects involving fiber account for about two-thirds of all
infrastructure projects.
Congress is likely to continue providing oversight on NTIA and RUS efforts to monitor funded
projects. In the longer term, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) National
Broadband Plan has recommended a significant expansion of federal funding for broadband
deployment in unserved areas. To the extent that Congress may consider whether broadband grant
and loan programs should be expanded, the funding patterns and trends that emerged during
Rounds One and Two, as well as the ultimate successes and failures of funded BTOP and BIP
projects, could provide insights into whether and how such programs should be expanded, and if
so, how these or similar programs might be fashioned within the context of a national broadband
policy.



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Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1
Applications................................................................................................................................ 2
Round One............................................................................................................................ 2
Round Two ........................................................................................................................... 3
Awards........................................................................................................................................ 4
Breakdown by Project Category and Program ....................................................................... 5
Breakdown by Type of Technology ....................................................................................... 6
State-by-State Breakdowns.................................................................................................... 7
BTOP and BIP: Going Forward................................................................................................... 7

Tables
Table 1. Numbers of First Round Applications and Funds Requested by Project Category ........... 3
Table 2. Broadband Stimulus Awards by Project Category........................................................... 5
Table 3. Percentage of Broadband Awards by Project Category.................................................... 6
Table 4. Infrastructure Projects by Type of Technology................................................................ 7
Table A-1. State-by-State Distribution of BTOP and BIP Funding................................................ 9
Table A-2. State-by-State Per Capita Distribution of BTOP and BIP Awards .............................. 11
Table A-3. State-by-State Distribution of BTOP Funding........................................................... 13
Table A-4. State-by-State Distribution of BIP Funding............................................................... 15
Table A-5. Projects With Multistate Service Areas ..................................................................... 17

Appendixes
Appendix. ................................................................................................................................... 9

Contacts
Author Contact Information ...................................................................................................... 19

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Introduction
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, P.L. 111-5) provided $7.2 billion
primarily for broadband grant and loan programs to be administered by two separate agencies: the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the Department of
Commerce (DOC) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
The ARRA directed broadband grant and loan funding in the following way:
• $4.35 billion1 to NTIA/DOC for a competitive broadband grant program
including broadband infrastructure grants, competitive grants for expanding
public computer capacity, and grants to encourage sustainable adoption of
broadband service. The NTIA grant program is called the Broadband Technology
Opportunity Program (BTOP).
• $2.5 billion to RUS/USDA for broadband grants, loans, and loan/grant
combinations. The law states that 75% of the area to be served by an eligible
project must be a rural area. A rural area is defined as any area not located within
a city, town, or incorporated area that has a population of greater than 20,000
inhabitants; or not located within an urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to a
city or town that has a population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants. The RUS
broadband grant and loan program is called the Broadband Initiatives Program
(BIP).
Subsequently, P.L. 111-226 (the education jobs and Medicaid funding bill), signed into law on
August 10, 2010, rescinded $302 million of unobligated BTOP money from NTIA.
There were two rounds of ARRA broadband funding. The first funding round was announced
with the release of a Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) on July 1, 2009. The second funding
round NOFAs were released on January 15, 2010. The ARRA mandated that all funding be
obligated and awarded by September 30, 2010. As of October 1, 2010, all ARRA broadband
funds have been awarded.
This report focuses on the distribution of ARRA broadband funding.2 The following presents a
breakdown of applications and awards data as of October 1, 2010.

1 Additionally, the ARRA directed $350 million to NTIA for funding broadband data gathering and implementation of
the State Broadband Data and Development Grant program. A portion of this money was also allocated to the Federal
Communications Commission for the purpose of preparing a National Broadband Plan. Both the state data grant
program and the development of the National Broadband Plan are separate activities and are not discussed in this
report.
2 For a comprehensive discussion of the ARRA broadband programs, see CRS Report R40436, Broadband
Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, by Lennard G. Kruger.
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Applications
Round One
The first funding round was announced with the release of a Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA)
on July 1, 2009. Broadband grants and loans fell into several first round project categories. For
BTOP, projects could be:
• last mile, defined as any broadband infrastructure project the predominant
purpose of which is to provide broadband service to end users;
• middle mile, defined as a broadband infrastructure project that does not
predominantly provide broadband service to end users and may include
interoffice transport, backhaul, Internet connectivity, or special access (up to $1.2
billion in grants available for infrastructure consisting of last mile and middle
mile projects);
• public computer centers, which provide broadband access to the general public or
a specific vulnerable population (up to $50 million in grants available); or
• sustainable broadband adoption, which demonstrate a sustainable increase in
demand for and subscribership to broadband services (up to $150 million in
grants available).
For BIP, projects could be:
• last mile remote area, where “remote area” is a rural unserved area at least 50
miles from a nonrural area (up to $400 million in grants available);
• last mile nonremote area (up to $800 million in loans and loan/grant
combinations available); or
• middle mile (up to $800 million in loans and loan/grant combinations available).
On September 9, 2009, NTIA and RUS released data on applications received during the first
round application period. In total, over 2,200 applications requested nearly $28 billion in funding
for proposed projects reaching all 50 states, five territories, and the District of Columbia. The
total amount of federal funding requested was seven times the amount available in the first
funding round.
Table 1 provides a breakdown of first round applications data with respect to program and project
category.3

3 A searchable database is available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/search.cfm.
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Table 1. Numbers of First Round Applications and Funds Requested by Project
Category
Funds
Funds
Requested,
Funds
Requested,
Number of
grants,
Requested,
grants plus

Applications
$billions
loans, $billions loans, $billions
Last Mile (BTOP Only)
114
1.78
N/Aa 1.78


Last Mile Non-remote area
646
4.76
3.94
8.70
Last Mile Remote Areab
406
2.59 1.25 3.84
Middle
Mile
372
7.84 1.31 9.15
Public Computer Centers
362
1.91
N/A
1.91
Sustainable Broadband Adoption
329
2.49
N/A
2.49
Total
2229 21.37 6.5 27.87
Source: Compiled by CRS from the Broadband USA Applications Database.
a. Not applicable.
b. Remote area applications are self-identified by applicants. The actual number of applications legitimately
qualifying as “remote area” was less, as determined by RUS.
Round Two
On January 15, 2010, NTIA and RUS released NOFAs announcing the second and final round of
ARRA broadband funding. A total of $4.8 billion was made available, consisting of $2.6 billion
for BTOP and $2.2 billion for BIP. Based on the agencies’ experiences with the first round, and
drawing on public comments collected from a November 16, 2009, Joint Request for Information
(RFI),4 both NTIA and RUS streamlined the application process and made significant changes to
how the second round of BTOP and BIP would be structured and conducted. Highlights included
the following:
• Unlike the first round, each agency had its own separate NOFA, and applicants
had the option of applying to either BTOP or BIP, but not to both.
• NTIA/BTOP primarily focused on middle mile broadband infrastructure projects,
while RUS/BIP focused primarily on last mile projects.
• BTOP reoriented its infrastructure program towards Comprehensive Community
Infrastructure (CCI) grants, which support middle mile projects serving anchor
institutions such as community colleges, libraries, hospitals, universities, and
public safety institutions.
• BIP eliminated the “Remote Last Mile” project category, and offered a standard
grant/loan combination (75% grant/25% loan) for all last mile and middle mile
projects (unless waivers were sought).

4 Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service and Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, “Broadband Initiatives Program and Broadband Technology Opportunities Program,” 74
Federal Register 58940-58944, November 16, 2009.
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• The first round requirement that eligible infrastructure projects must cover
“unserved” or “underserved” areas was eliminated. In the second round, BIP
projects were required to cover an area that is at least 75% rural and that does not
have High Speed Access broadband service at the rate of 5 Mbps (upstream and
downstream combined) in at least 50% of its area. Eligible BTOP projects
required only an applicant that is an eligible entity, a fully completed application,
and a nonfederal match of 20% or more. However, during the application
evaluation, factors such as unserved and underserved areas, remoteness, and
delivered speed were considered.
• BIP added three new grant programs: Satellite Projects, Rural Library
Broadband, and Technical Assistance. RUS published a separate Request for
Proposals for each of these programs.
On April 7, 2010, NTIA announced it had received 867 applications for second round funding,
totaling $11 billion in requested federal funding. The applications broke down as follows: 355
applications requesting a total of $8.4 billion for Comprehensive Community Infrastructure, 251
applications requesting $1.7 billion for Sustainable Broadband Adoption, and 261 applications
requesting $0.922 billion for Public Computer Centers.5
On April 16, 2010, RUS announced it had received a total of 776 applications requesting nearly
$11.2 billion in federal funds. Of that total, RUS received 30 middle mile applications requesting
a total of $845.88 million.
Combined, NTIA and RUS received 1643 applications in the second round, requesting a total of
$22.2 billion in federal funds. This is 26% less than the number of applications received by both
agencies in the first round, and 21% less than the amount of federal funding requested in the first
round.
Additionally, on August 30, 2010, RUS announced it received 27 applications for Satellite
Projects, 51 applications for Technical Assistance, and 2 applications for Rural Library
Broadband.6
Awards
As of October 1, 2010, all BTOP and BIP award announcements are complete. In total, NTIA and
RUS announced awards for 540 projects, constituting $7.58 billion in federal funding. This
included 233 BTOP projects (totaling $3.94 billion) and 307 BIP projects (totaling $3.64 billion).
Of the $7.58 billion total announced, $6.26 billion was grant funding, and $1.32 billion was loan
funding.
The following is a breakdown of awards data by project category and program, broadband
technology deployed, and state-by-state distribution of funding. Awards data are derived from

5 NTIA, “Commerce Announced Continued Demand for Funding to Bring Broadband to More Americans,” April 7,
2010, available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2010/BTOP_Round2Applications_04072010.html.
6 For a complete listing, see directory at http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/BIPportal/files/
BIP_Sat_TA_RLB_App_Directory.pdf.
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NTIA and RUS press releases, BTOP project information,7 the BIP Round Two Application
Directory,8 and the Broadband USA applications database.9
Breakdown by Project Category and Program
Table 2 and Table 3 provide breakdowns of awards data by project category and program. Of all
broadband infrastructure funding, a little more than half (51%) was awarded to middle mile
projects (includes Comprehensive Community Initiative and public safety grants), and 49% was
awarded to last mile projects (includes satellite grants). Middle mile projects are predominantly
(but not exclusively) BTOP, while last mile projects are predominantly BIP. Given that only BIP
offered loan funding, it is not surprising that the vast majority of loan funding (93%) was
awarded to last mile projects.
Table 2. Broadband Stimulus Awards by Project Category
Federal
Federal
Federal
Funds
Funds
Funds
Awarded,
Awarded,
Awarded,
grants plus
Number of
grants,
loans,
loans,
Program
Projects
$millions
$millions
$millions
Comprehensive
BTOP 68 2091.708
0 2091.708
Community
Infrastructure
Middle Mile
BTOP and BIP
54
1049.464
95.957
1145.421
Last Mile (2nd
BIP 229 1627.928
821.744
2449.673
round)
Last Mile Non-
BIP and BTOP
56
405.783
393.67
799.453
remote area
Last Mile Remote
BIP 13 149.924
11.206
161.13
Area
Public
Safety
BTOP 7 382.464
0 382.464
Satellite BIP 4 100.0
0 100.0
Public Computer
BTOP 66 201.016
0 201.016
Centers
Sustainable
BTOP 44 250.741
0 250.741
Broadband
Adoption
Total

540
6259.028 1322.577 7581.606
Source: Compiled and calculated by CRS from NTIA and RUS press releases, BTOP project information, the
BIP Round Two Application Directory, and the Broadband USA Applications Database. Data current as of
October 1, 2010.

7 Available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/projects.html.
8 Available at http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/BIPportal/files/Broadband-
R2%20SEARCHABLE%20PDFwPNR-2010-06-01.pdf.
9 Available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/search.cfm.
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Table 3. Percentage of Broadband Awards by Project Category
Percentage of
Percentage of
Percentage of
Percentage of
grant funding
loan funding
total funding

funded projects
awarded
awarded
awarded
Comprehensive
12.6% 33.4% 0% 27.6%
Community
Infrastructure
Middle Mile
10%
16.7%
7.2%
15.1%
Last Mile (2nd
42.4% 26.0%
62.1% 32.3%
round)
Last Mile Non-
10.4% 6.5%
29.8% 10.5%
remote area
Last Mile Remote
2.4% 2.4%
0.8% 2.1%
Area
Public Safety
1.3%
6.1%
0%
5.0%
Satellite 0.7%
1.6%
0%
1.3%
Public Computer
12.2% 3.2%
0% 2.6%
Centers
Sustainable
8.1% 4.0%
0% 3.3%
Broadband
Adoption
Total 100%
100%
100%
100%
Source: Compiled and calculated by CRS from NTIA and RUS press releases, BTOP project information, the
BIP Round Two Application Directory, and the Broadband USA Applications Database. Data current as of
October 1, 2010.
Breakdown by Type of Technology
Deployment of broadband infrastructure can encompass a number of different types of
technologies, including fiber, wireless, cable modem, DSL, satellite, and others. Table 4 shows
that of all infrastructure projects funded, 56% are fiber projects. Additionally, given that most of
the projects involving multiple technologies involve a deployment of both fiber and wireless
technologies, it would be accurate to state that projects involving fiber account for about two-
thirds of all infrastructure projects. Of last mile project technologies, 47% are fiber, 23% are
DSL, 17% are wireless, 6% are multiple, 3% are cable modem, 1% are satellite, and the rest are
unable to be determined from the public information that was released.
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Table 4. Infrastructure Projects by Type of Technology
Number of
Percentage of total
awarded
infrastructure
Technology
projects
projects
Fiber 221
56%
Wireless 60
15%
DSL 69
18%
Cable modem
10
3%
Satellite 4
1%
Multiplea 28
7%
Source: Compiled and calculated by CRS from NTIA and RUS press releases, BTOP project information, the
BIP Round Two Application Directory, and the Broadband USA Applications Database. Data current as of
October 1, 2010.
a. Primarily combinations of fiber + wireless broadband technologies.
State-by-State Breakdowns
Table A-1 in the Appendix shows a state-by-state breakdown of grant and loan funding, Table A-
2 shows per capita funding by state, Table A-3 shows a state-by-state breakdown of BTOP
funding, and Table A-4 shows a state-by-state breakdown of BIP funding. Forty-two BTOP and
BIP projects involve a service area covering more than one state. In these cases, the award has
been categorized with the principal recipient state, either as identified by RUS or NTIA, or based
on the location of the applying organization. Table A-5 lists awarded projects with service areas
covering more than one state.
BTOP and BIP: Going Forward
With the broadband awards process concluded, NTIA and RUS move towards monitoring and
overseeing the progression of the funded projects. Projects must be substantially completed
within two years and fully completed within three years. In its FY2011 budget proposal, the
Administration requested $23.7 million for NTIA to continue operating its grant management
office. S. 3636 (Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011)
would provide $16 million to NTIA for the administration of BTOP grants and for the
development and maintenance of the national broadband map.10
Congress is likely to continue providing oversight on NTIA and RUS efforts to monitor the
funded projects. In the longer term, the FCC’s National Broadband Plan has recommended a
significant expansion of federal funding for broadband deployment in unserved areas.11 To the

10 No funding for this purpose is currently provided under the Continuing Resolution (P.L. 111-242) which funds the
federal government through December 3, 2010.
11 The National Broadband Plan recommends expanding combination grant-loan programs at RUS, expanding the RUS
Community Connect grant program, establishing a Tribal Broadband Fund, and significantly reorienting the FCC’s
Universal Service Fund program to support broadband. See Federal Communications Commission, Connecting
America: The National Broadband Plan, March 2010, pp. 140-152.
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extent that Congress may consider whether broadband grant and loan programs should be
expanded, the funding patterns and trends that emerged during rounds one and two, as well as the
ultimate successes and failures of funded BTOP and BIP projects, could provide insights into
whether and how such programs should be expanded, and if so, how these or similar programs
might be fashioned within the context of a national broadband policy.
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Appendix.
Table A-1. State-by-State Distribution of BTOP and BIP Funding
Number
Grants
Loans
Grants + Loans

of awards
($millions)
($millions)
($millions)
CA 25
439.575
8.652
448.227
KY 15
209.569
117.911
327.48
TX 24
203.561
99.442
303.003
OK 21
204.59
73.134
277.724
NC 17
228.78
46.395
275.175
IL 18
229.79
33.783
263.573
MO 17
197.793
55.739
253.532
MI 16
202.265
45.486
247.751
WA 13
225.111
12.573
237.684
MN 19
127.323
107.132
234.455
PA 8
196.445
11.096
207.541
OH 17
193.207
13.4
206.607
TN 12
109.575
96.027
205.602
LA 9
142.96
46.864
189.824
NM 15
157.322
29.789
187.111
WV 7
167.988
10.969
178.957
IA 20
129.08
47.009
176.089
GA 15
127.135
48.286
175.421
VT 5
133.729
36.834
170.563
WI 21
130.36
26.284
156.644
VA 14
134.042
21.701
155.743
NY 16
140.186
12.17
152.356
KS 12
75.847
69.257
145.104
CO 9
126.211
13.415
139.626
AK 8
87.279
52.086
139.365
nationwide 3
136.305
0
136.305
AL 12
129.191
1.386
130.578
MS 9
121.425
4.961
126.386
MT 6
85.569
39.575
125.144
AR 5
117.424
2.909
120.333
MD 3
117.772
1.6
119.372
FL 11
114.789
1.964
116.753
AZ 11
98.431
9.888
108.319
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Number
Grants
Loans
Grants + Loans

of awards
($millions)
($millions)
($millions)
CT 1
93.855
0
93.855
ND 11
58.979
34.016
92.995
IN 9
48.599
43.821
92.42
AS 1
81.034
10
91.034
MA 6
85.208
0
85.208
VI 3
64.444
0
64.444
DC 4
51.706
0
51.706
NV 9
46.432
4.709
51.141
OR 12
41.589
6.96
48.549
NH 4
47.859
0
47.859
SD 4
38.223
9.047
47.27
NJ 2
44.743
0
44.743
UT 5
42.097
0.62
42.717
SC 5
35.523
5.662
41.185
PR 2
38.731
0
38.731
ME 6
37.595
0
37.595
HI 3
35.921
0.106
36.027
ID 9
19.193
6.523
25.716
NE 3
21.851
3.396
25.247
RI 2
22.984
0
22.984
Western, Midwest
1
19.533
0
19.533
Eastern, Midwest
1
14.159
0
14.159
WY 2
10.671
0
10.671
GU 1
8.039
0
8.039
AK,HI 1
7.53
0
7.53
DE 1
1.9
0
1.9
Total 540
6259.027
1322.577
7581.605
Source: Compiled and calculated by CRS from NTIA and RUS press releases, BTOP project information, the
BIP Round Two Application Directory, and the Broadband USA Applications Database. Awards announced as of
October 1, 2010.
Notes: 42 BTOP and BIP projects involve a service area covering more than one state. In these cases, the award
has been categorized with the principal recipient state, either as identified by RUS or NTIA, or based on the
location of the applying organization. Table A-5 shows awarded projects with service areas covering more than
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Table A-2. State-by-State Per Capita Distribution of BTOP and BIP Awards
Principal
Grants + Loans
Federal
state or
Number of
Announced
Population
funding per
project area
awards
($millions)
(July 1, 2009)
capita ($)
Vermont 5
170.563
621,760
274.32
Alaska 12
130.578
698,473
186.94
North Dakota
11
92.995
646,844
143.76
Montana 6
125.144
974,989
128.35
West Virginia
7
178.957
1,819,777
98.34
New Mexico
15
187.111
2,009,671
93.10
District of
Columbia 4
51.706
599,657
86.22
Kentucky 15
327.48
4,314,113
75.90
Oklahoma 21
277.724
3,687,050
75.32
Iowa 20
176.089
3,007,856
58.54
South Dakota
4
47.27
812,383
58.18
Kansas 12
145.104
2,818,747
51.47
Minnesota 19
234.455
5,266,214
44.52
Mississippi 9
126.386
2,951,996
42.81
Missouri 17
253.532
5,987,580
42.34
Louisiana 9
189.824
4,492,076
42.25
Arkansas 5
120.333
2,889,450
41.64
New Hampshire
4
47.859
1,324,575
36.13
Washington 13
237.684
6,664,195 35.66
Tennessee 12
205.602
6,296,254
32.65
Alabama 8
139.365
4,708,708
29.59
North Carolina
17
275.175
9,380,884
29.33
Maine 6
37.595
1,318,301
28.51
Hawai 3
36.027
1,295,178
27.81
Colorado 9
139.626
5,024,748
27.78
Wisconsin 21
156.644
5,654,774
27.70
Connecticut 1
93.855
3,518,288
26.67
Michigan 16
247.751
9,969,727
24.85
Rhode Island
2
22.984
1,053,209
21.82
Maryland 3
119.372
5,699,478
20.94
Illinois 18
263.573 12,910,409 20.41
Virginia 14
155.743
7,882,590
19.75
Wyoming 2
10.671
544,270
19.60
Nevada 10
51.141
2,643,085
19.34
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Principal
Grants + Loans
Federal
state or
Number of
Announced
Population
funding per
project area
awards
($millions)
(July 1, 2009)
capita ($)
Ohio 17
206.607
11,542,645
17.89
Georgia 15
175.421
9,829,211
17.84
Idaho 9
25.716
1,545,801
16.63
Pennsylvania 8
207.541
12,604,767
16.46
Arizona 11
108.319
6,595,778
16.42
Utah 5
42.717
2,784,572
15.34
Indiana 9
92.42
6,423,113
14.38
Nebraska 3
25.247
1,796,619
14.05
Massachusetts 6 85.208
6,593,587 12.92
Oregon 12
48.549
3,825,657
12.69
Texas 24
303.003
24,782,302
12.22
California 25
448.227
36,961,664
12.12
South Carolina
5
41.185
4,561,242
9.02
New York
16
152.356
19,541,453
7.79
Florida 11
116.753
18,537,969
6.29
New Jersey
2
44.743
8,707,739
5.13
Delaware 1
1.9
885,122
2.14
Source: Compiled and calculated by CRS from NTIA and RUS press releases, BTOP project information, the
BIP Round Two Application Directory, and the Broadband USA Applications Database. Awards announced as of
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Table A-3. State-by-State Distribution of BTOP Funding
Number of
Funding Awarded
Project Area
Projects
($millions)
CA 19
423.766
IL 8
194.702
OH 7
175.157
WA 7
174.557
PA 5
147.394
WV 4
135.889
NC 8
125.287
MI 7
123.905
MD 2
116.172
OK 4
87.266
CO 3
115.047
AR 2
105.833
MS 3
102.364
LA 4
99.936
AL 6
97.873
TX 10
96.515
CT 1
93.855
NY 8
93.284
VA 9
93.01
MA 6
85.208
NM 6
78.652
nationwide 2 77.528
MO 3
76.723
AZ 4
74.411
GA 6
73.255
WI 6
66.192
VI 3
64.444
FL 7
64.194
DC 4
51.706
VT 3
48.174
MN 6
45.679
NJ 2
44.743
NH 1
44.481
IA 3
42.266
IN 2
39.397
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Number of
Funding Awarded
Project Area
Projects
($millions)
HI 2
35.921
NV 5
32.945
UT 3
31.048
ME 3
28.191
OR 5
27.774
PR 1
25.8
RI 2
22.984
SD 1
20.6
TN 5
18.709
MT 2
15.625
SC 2
15.507
NE 2
13.963
PR
1
12.931
ND 1
10.781
WY 2
10.671
ID 6
10.149
AK
2
9.895
GU 1
8.039
KY 4
3.019
DE 1
1.9
KS 1
0.998
Total 233

3936.315
Source: Compiled and calculated by CRS from NTIA press releases, BTOP project information, and the
Broadband USA Applications Database. Awards announced as of October 1, 2010.
Notes: Eighteen BTOP projects involve a service area covering more than one state. In these cases, the award
has been categorized with the principal recipient state, either as identified by NTIA, or based on the location of
the applying organization. Table A-5 shows awarded projects with service areas covering more than one state.



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Table A-4. State-by-State Distribution of BIP Funding
Grants +
Number of
Grants
Loans
Loans
Project Area
Projects
($millions)
($millions)
($millions)
KY 11
206.55
117.911
324.461
TX 14
107.046
99.442
206.488
OK 17
117.324
73.134
190.458
MN 13
81.644
107.132
188.776
TN 7
90.866
96.027
186.893
MO 14
121.07
55.739
176.809
NC 9
103.493
46.395
149.888
KS 11
74.849
69.257
144.106
IA 17
86.814
47.009
133.823
AK 6
77.384
52.086
129.47
MI 9
78.36
45.486
123.846
VT 2
85.555
36.834
122.389
MT 4
69.944
39.575
109.519
NM 9
78.67
29.789
108.459
GA 9
53.88
48.286
102.166
AS 1
81.034
10
91.034
WI 15
64.168
26.284
90.452
LA 5
43.024
46.864
89.888
ND 10
48.198
34.016
82.214
IL 10
35.088
33.783
68.871
WA 6
50.554
12.573
63.127
VA 5
41.032
21.701
62.733
PA 3
49.051
11.096
60.147
NY 8
46.902
12.17
59.072
nationwide 1
58.777
0
58.777
IN 7
9.202
43.821
53.023
FL 4
50.595
1.964
52.559
WV 3
32.099
10.969
43.068
AZ 7
24.02
9.888
33.908
AL 6
31.318
1.386
32.705
OH 10
18.05
13.4
31.45
SD 3
17.623
9.047
26.67
SC 3
20.016
5.662
25.678
CO 6
11.164
13.415
24.579
CA 6
15.809
8.652
24.461
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Grants +
Number of
Grants
Loans
Loans
Project Area
Projects
($millions)
($millions)
($millions)
MS 6
19.061
4.961
24.022
OR 7
13.815
6.96
20.775
Western, Midwest
1
19.533
0
19.533
NV 4
13.487
4.709
18.196
ID 3
9.044
6.523
15.567
AR 3
11.591
2.909
14.5
Eastern, Midwest
1
14.159
0
14.159
UT 2
11.049
0.62
11.669
NE 1
7.888
3.396
11.284
ME 3
9.404
0
9.404
AK,HI (satellite)
1
7.53
0
7.53
NH 3
3.378
0
3.378
MD 1
1.6
1.6
3.2
HI 1
0
0.106
0.106
Grand Total
307
2322.712
1322.577
3645.29
Source: Compiled and calculated by CRS from RUS press releases, the BIP Round Two Application Directory,
and the Broadband USA Applications Database. Awards announced as of October 1, 2010.
Notes: 24 BIP projects involve a service area covering more than one state. In these cases, the award has been
categorized with the principal recipient state, either as identified by RUS, or based on the location of the applying
organization.. Table A-5 shows awarded projects with service areas covering more than one state.

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Table A-5. Projects With Multistate Service Areas
Awardee
Program
Type of Project
Award ($millions)
Service Area
Appalachian Valley
Fiber Network
BTOP CCI 21.286 GA,
AL
Arizona Nevada
Tower Corp
BIP
middle mile
7.73
NV, CA
Bloosurf, LLC
BIP
last mile
3.2
MD, DE, VA
Cascade Networks
BIP
last mile
3.73
WA, OR
Communication
Service for the Deaf
BTOP
SBA
14.988
nationwide
Convergence
Technologies BIP
last
mile
13.54
IL,
IN
Deposit Telephone
Co. BIP last
mile
3.143
NY,
PA
Eastern and
Echostar BIP
satellite 14.159 Midwestern U.S.
ENMR Telephone
Coop BTOP CCI 16.46 NM,
TX
ENMR Telephone
BTOP
middle mile
11.25
NM, TX
Cooperative
Grand River Mutual
Telephone
BIP
last mile
20.27
IA, MO
Highland Telephone
Coop
BIP
last mile
66.489
TN, KY
Hughes Network
Systems BIP
satellite 58.777 nationwide
ION Hold Co.
BTOP
middle mile
39.7
NY, PA, VT
Island Telephone &
BTOP middle
mile
8.039 GU,
MP
Engineering
Medicine Park
Telephone Co.
BIP
middle mile
2.657
OK, TX
Merit Network, Inc.
BTOP
CCI
69.639
MI, MN, WI
Mid-Hudson
Cablevision
BIP
last mile
3.473
NY, MA
Mission Economic
BTOP
PCC
3.724
CA, AZ, CO, ID,
Development
MD, MN, MO, NM,
Agency
PA, TX
Navajo Tribal Utility
BTOP
middle mile
32.19
AZ, NM, UT
Authority
One Economy
BTOP
SBA
28.5
31 states and the
District of Columbia
OneCommunity
BTOP
SBA
18.70
OH, FL, KY, MI, MS
OSHEAN Inc.
BTOP
CCI
21.739
RI, MA
Peetz Cooperative
BIP
remote last mile
1.5
CO, NE
Telephone Co.
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Awardee
Program
Type of Project
Award ($millions)
Service Area
Portland State
OR, CA, LA, MN,
University
BTOP SBA 3.318 NY, TX
Quincy Telephone
Co.
BIP
last mile
1.363
FL, GA
Red River Rural
Telephone Assn
BIP
last mile
9.088
ND, MN
Reservation
BIP
nonremote last mile
21.9
ND, MT
Telephone
Cooperative
Silver Star
Telephone Co.
BTOP
CCI
5.063
WY, ID
Skyline Telephone
BIP
last mile
28.984
NC, TN
Southeast Mississippi
Telephone BIP
last
mile 1.875
MS,
AL
Spacenet BIP
satellite 7.53
AK,
HI
Totah
BIP
nonremote last mile
8.51
OK, KS
Communications
University
Corporation for
Advanced Internet
Development BTOP
CCI
62.54
nationwide
Vermont Telephone
Co.
BTOP
CCI
12.256
VT, NH, NY
West Kentucky
Rural Telephone
BIP
last mile
123.8
KY, TN
West Virgina PCS
Alliance BIP
last
mile 3.268 PA, MD, WV
Wildblue
Western and
Communications BIP
satellite
19.533
Midwestern U.S.
Windstream Corp.
BIP
last mile
6.94
GA, NC
Winnebago
Cooperative
Telecom
BIP
last mile
19.632
IA, MN
CA, HI, NM, OR,
Zerodivide BTOP
SBA
1.384
UT, WA
Zito Media
Communications
BTOP
middle mile
6.137
OH, PA
Source: Compiled by CRS from NTIA and RUS press releases, BTOP project information, the BIP Round Two
Application Directory, and the Broadband USA Applications Database. Awards announced as of October 1,
2010.

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Author Contact Information

Lennard G. Kruger

Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
lkruger@crs.loc.gov, 7-7070


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