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Distribution of Broadband Stimulus Grants
and Loans: Applications and Awards
Lennard G. Kruger
Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
October 22, 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 were complete. In total, NTIA
and RUS announced awards for 553 projects, constituting $7.5 billion in federal funding. This
included 233 BTOP projects (totaling $3.9 billion) and 320 BIP projects (totaling $3.6 billion). Of
the $7.5 billion total announced, $6.2 billion was grant funding, and $1.3 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, about half was awarded to middle mile projects and half 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 accounted 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. Projects With Multistate Service Areas ..................................................................... 13
Appendixes
Appendix. ................................................................................................................................... 9
Contacts
Author Contact Information ...................................................................................................... 15
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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 were complete. In total, NTIA
and RUS announced awards for 553 projects, constituting $7.5 billion in federal funding. This
included 233 BTOP projects (totaling $3.9 billion) and 320 BIP projects (totaling $3.6 billion). Of
the $7.5 billion total announced, $6.2 billion was grant funding, and $1.3 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 BIP awards reporting publications,9 and the Broadband USA applications database.10
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, about 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
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 USDA, Rural Development and the Recovery Act: Working for Rural Communities, October 20, 2010, 44 p., available
at http://www.usda.gov/documents/USDA_ARRA_AnnualReport_10192010.pdf; and USDA Broadband Initiatives
Program Awarded Projects, October 15, 2010, 97 p., available at http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/files/
BIP%20Round%201%20and%20Round%202%20Awardees.pdf. BIP publications reflect data as of September 30,
2010 and is subject to revision by USDA.
10 Available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/search.cfm.
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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.
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 were
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, while
Table A-2 shows per capita funding by state. Funding is associated with a state based on the
service area covered by the project. For BTOP grants, in cases where an award funds a project
covering a service area of more than one state, the award has been categorized with the principal
recipient state, either as identified by NTIA or based on the location of the applying organization.
For BIP grants and loans, multistate awards (except for the satellite grants) have been split and
categorized as separate state-specific awards by RUS.11 Table A-3 lists both NTIA and RUS
multistate awards.
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. The Continuing Resolution (P.L.
111-242), which funds the federal government through December 3, 2010, does not include
funding for BTOP oversight. However, according to the NTIA Administrator, the Office of
Management and Budget has authorized NTIA to continue operating BTOP on the assumption
that Congress will include money for the program when an FY2011 budget is passed.12
Meanwhile, NTIA has awarded a $5 million, four-year contract to Potomac, MD-based ASR
Analytics to measure the impact of BTOP grants on broadband availability, adoption, and on
11 See Rural Development and the Recovery Act: Working for Rural Communities, and USDA Broadband Initiatives
Program Awarded Projects.
12 Communications Daily, October 22, 2010.
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economic and social conditions in areas served by grantees.13 Funding for the award was obtained
through the Department of Interior’s National Business Center.
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.14 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.
13 Communications Daily, “BIP Disbursements Totaled $3.5 Billion Metrics Concerns Expressed,” October 21, 2010.
14 The National Broadband Plan recommends expanding combination grant-loan programs at RUS, expanding the RUS
Community Connect grant program, establishing a Tribal Broadband Fund, and significantly reorienting the FCC’s
Universal Service Fund program to support broadband. See Federal Communications Commission, Connecting
America: The National Broadband Plan, March 2010, pp. 140-152.
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Appendix.
Table A-1. State-by-State Distribution of BTOP and BIP Funding
BTOP
BIP Grants
Grants
and Loans
Total
($millions)
($millions)
($millions)
CA 423.766
24.466
448.232
KY 3.019
305.371
308.39
TX 96.515
206.762
303.277
OK 87.266
186.507
273.773
NC 125.287
146.708
271.995
MO 76.723
180.062
256.785
MI 123.905
123.855
247.76
MN 45.679
192.535
238.214
WA 174.557
62.370
236.927
IL 194.702
38.305
233.007
TN 18.709
210.675
229.384
OH 175.157
31.837
206.994
PA 147.394
58.509
205.903
LA 99.936
82.792
182.728
WV 135.889
43.626
179.515
MD 116.172
63.186
179.358
CO 115.047
59.558
174.605
GA 73.255
99.261
172.516
NM 78.652
92.425
171.077
VT 48.174
122.390
170.564
IA 42.266
118.896
161.162
WI 66.192
90.461
156.653
VA 93.01
60.911
153.921
NY 93.284
58.393
151.677
KS 0.998
137.390
138.388
AK 9.85
122.525
132.375
AL 97.873
32.708
130.581
MT 15.625
113.901
129.526
AR 105.833
16.378
122.211
MS 102.364
15.585
117.949
FL 64.194
52.342
116.536
AZ 74.411
41.045
115.456
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BTOP
BIP Grants
Grants
and Loans
Total
($millions)
($millions)
($millions)
CT 93.855
0
93.855
AS 0
91.034
91.034
ND 10.781
77.477
88.258
MA 85.208
0.486
85.694
VI 64.444
0
64.444
IN 39.397
20.808
60.205
NV 32.945
20.843
53.788
DC 51.706
0
51.706
OR 27.774
21.393
49.167
NH 44.481
3.378
47.859
SD 20.6
27.031
47.631
NJ 44.743
0
44.743
UT 31.048
11.770
42.818
SC 15.507
25.879
41.386
PR 38.731
0
38.731
ME 28.191
9.404
37.595
HI 35.921
0.106
36.027
NE 13.963
12.042
26.005
ID 10.149
15.683
25.832
RI 22.984
0
22.984
WY 10.671
0
10.671
GU 8.039
0
8.039
DE 1.9
0
1.9
nationwide 77.528a 58.777b 136.305
Western and Midwestern U.S.b
0
19.533
19.533
Eastern and Midwestern U.S.b
0
14.159
14.159
Alaska and Hawai b
0
7.53
7.53
Total 0
41.222
7565.338
Source: Compiled and calculated by CRS from Broadband USA BTOP Portal, USDA Broadband Initiatives
Program Awarded Projects, Rural Development and the Recovery Act: Working for Rural Communities, and the
Broadband USA Applications Database. Awards announced as of October 1, 2010.
Notes: For BTOP grants, in cases where an award funds a project covering a service area of more than one
state, the award has been categorized with the principal recipient state, either as identified by NTIA or based on
the location of the applying organization. For BIP grants and loans, multistate awards (except for the satellite
grants) have been split and categorized as separate state-specific awards by RUS, Table A-3 lists both NTIA
and RUS multistate awards. Table does not include BTOP broadband data and development grants.
a. Reflects two nationwide BTOP projects (one CCI and one SBA project).
b. BIP satellite project.
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Table A-2. State-by-State Per Capita
Distribution of BTOP and BIP Awards
Principal
Grants + Loans
Federal
state or
Announced
Population
funding per
project area
($millions)
(July 1, 2009)
capita ($)
Vermont 170.564
621,760
274.32
Alaska 132.375
698,473
189.52
North Dakota
88.258
646,844
136.44
Montana 129.526
974,989
132.85
West Virginia
179.515
1,819,777
98.65
District of
Columbia 51.706
599,657
86.23
New Mexico
171.077
2,009,671
85.13
Oklahoma 273.773
3,687,050
74.25
Kentucky 308.39
4,314,113
71.48
South Dakota
47.631
812,383
58.63
Iowa 161.162
3,007,856
53.58
Kansas 138.388
2,818,747
49.10
Minnesota 238.214
5,266,214
45.23
Missouri 256.785
5,987,580
42.89
Arkansas 122.211
2,889,450
42.30
Louisiana 182.728
4,492,076
40.68
Mississippi 117.949
2,951,996
39.96
Tennessee 229.384
6,296,254
36.43
New Hampshire
47.859
1,324,575
36.13
Washington 236.927
6,664,195 35.55
Colorado 174.604
5,024,748
34.75
Maryland 179.358
5,699,478
31.47
North Carolina
271.995
9,380,884
28.99
Maine 37.595
1,318,301
28.52
Hawai 36.027
1,295,178
27.82
Alabama 130.581
4,708,708
27.73
Wisconsin 156.653
5,654,774
27.70
Connecticut 93.855
3,518,288 26.68
Michigan 247.76
9,969,727
24.85
Rhode Island
22.984
1,053,209
21.82
Nevada 53.788
2,643,085
20.35
Wyoming 10.671
544,270
19.61
Virginia 153.921
7,882,590
19.53
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Principal
Grants + Loans
Federal
state or
Announced
Population
funding per
project area
($millions)
(July 1, 2009)
capita ($)
Illinois
233.007 12,910,409 18.05
Ohio 206.994
11,542,645
17.93
Georgia 172.516
9,829,211
17.55
Arizona 115.456
6,595,778
17.50
Idaho 25.832
1,545,801
16.71
Pennsylvania 205.903
12,604,767 16.34
Utah 42.818
2,784,572
15.38
Nebraska 26.005
1,796,619
14.47
Massachusetts 85.694 6,593,587 13.00
Oregon 49.167
3,825,657
12.85
Texas 303.277
24,782,302
12.24
California 448.232
36,961,664
12.13
Indiana 60.205
6,423,113
9.37
South Carolina
41.386
4,561,242
9.07
New York
151.677
19,541,453
7.76
Florida 116.535
18,537,969
6.29
New Jersey
44.743
8,707,739
5.14
Delaware 1.9
885,122
2.15
Source: Compiled and calculated by CRS from Broadband USA BTOP Portal, USDA Broadband Initiatives Program
Awarded Projects, Rural Development and the Recovery Act: Working for Rural Communities, and the Broadband USA
Applications Database. Awards announced as of October 1, 2010. Population data is from National and State
Population Estimates, U.S. Census Bureau.
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Table A-3. Projects With Multistate Service Areas
Awardee
Program
Type of Project
Award ($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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