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December 5, 2013 Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253
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FCC’s CONNECT AMERICA FUND TO EXPAND BROADBAND TO NEARLY 400,000 RURAL 
HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN 41 STATES 
Washington, D.C. – Over $255 million in funding to provide new broadband access to over 400,000
homes and businesses in rural areas of 41 states has been authorized from the Federal Communications 
Commission’s Connect America Fund, connecting nearly 1 million people who lack service.
The Connect America Fund is part of the FCC’s initiative to bring broadband access to rural 
communities.  The $255,723,850 authorized today represents a jump-start to bring broadband to these 
areas. It brings the total authorized from the first phase of the Connect America Fund to nearly $403 
million.
“Access to modern broadband networks is essential in the information age,” said FCC Chairman Tom 
Wheeler. “Yet 15 million Americans live in areas where they can’t get wireline broadband no matter how 
much they want it. These funds will jump-start broadband access in areas that would otherwise be 
bypassed by the digital economy.”
Five carriers will use the funds in rural portions of their service areas where, absent support from the 
Connect America Fund, broadband expansion was unlikely.  The carriers are AT&T, CenturyLink, 
Fairpoint Communications, Frontier Communications, and Windstream Corp.
The authorizations are as follows:
State Total Locations Total Funding
AL 37,591 $27,723,400 
AR 19,668 $11,980,425 
AZ 18,531 $11,637,000 
CA 740 $442,100 
CO 8,271 $4,731,300 
FL 8,641 $5,623,525 
GA 28,575 $16,854,525 
IA 5,967 $3,443,175 
ID 1,461 $841,575 
IL 2,571 $1,600,350 
IN 6,082 $3,670,000 
KS 346 $214,825 
KY 6,994 $4,668,175 
LA 11,072 $8,087,150 
ME 1,420 $861,550 
MI 3,746 $2,169,875 
MN 5,614 $3,391,900 
MO 12,641 $8,033,450 
MS 21,486 $16,170,825 
MT 1551 $1,075,575 
NC 13,028 $8,310,425 
NE 531 $346,725 
NH 1,254 $725,700 
NJ 11 $6,050 
NM 8,227 $4,906,900 
NV 902 $502,850 
NY 15,733 $8,960,500 
OH 7,175 $4,393,775 
OK 3,889 $2,490,625 
OR 5,134 $3,007,975 
PA 4,714 $2,673,250 
SC 10,401 $7,639,125 
SD 40 $22,000 
TN 34,485 $26,243,700 
TX 25,143 $16,107,225 
UT 360 $207,900 
VA 4,715 $2,765,600 
WA 4,165 $2,529,250 
WI 14,143 $8,295,925 
WV 36,339 $22,333,425 
WY 52 $34,225 
Grand Total 393,409 $255,723,850 
In August, the five carriers identified 563,767 locations where they wanted to use Connect America funds 
to reach customers unserved by broadband.  The eligibility of some of those locations was challenged.  
Today’s action authorizes funding for 393,409 locations that were not subject to a challenge.
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