Media Contact: 
Mark Wigfield, (202) 418-0253
mark.wigfield@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
Frontier Communications Accepts Over $283 Million Connect America Fund Offer to 
Expand and Support Broadband for 1.3 Million Rural Americans
Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2015) – Frontier Communications Inc. has accepted $283.4 million 
from the Connect America Fund to expand and support broadband to over 1.3 million of its rural 
customers in 28 states.
The Connect America Fund will provide ongoing support for rural broadband networks in 
Frontier’s service area capable of delivering broadband at speeds of at least 10 Mbps for 
downloads and 1 Mbps uploads in over 650,000 homes and businesses nationwide
“The Connect America Fund will enable Frontier to expand robust broadband in its rural service 
areas, benefitting its customers and their communities,” said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. “This 
is a major step forward in the FCC’s efforts to ensure that all Americans have access to modern 
broadband and the opportunities it provides, no matter where they live.”
The list of states, locations served and dollar amounts is as follows:
State
Homes and Businesses 
Service Amount of Support
Frontier U.S. Total                                  659,587 $283,401,855
AL                                     7,376 $2,998,480
AZ                                    22,768 $13,281,066
CA                                    12,822 $6,096,767
CT                                     1,388 $435,139
FL                                        951 $342,490
GA                                     1,105 $375,826
IA                                     5,438 $4,240,587
ID                                    10,012 $5,223,121
IL                                    56,001 $31,017,498
IN                                    59,894 $22,815,087
MI                                    68,512 $21,733,859
MN                                    46,910 $27,551,363
MS                                     2,528 $816,996
MT                                     2,303 $1,114,484
NC                                    11,981 $3,596,156
NE                                     3,380 $2,735,761
NM                                     7,032 $4,426,327
NV                                     2,970 $1,379,494
NY                                    45,610 $17,381,485
OH                                    66,592 $22,927,850
OR                                     8,542 $3,897,357
PA                                    11,031 $3,891,253
SC                                     7,205 $2,709,651
TN                                     6,458 $2,126,605
UT                                     5,140 $2,547,047
WA                                    19,713 $8,688,054
WI                                    76,735 $30,983,715
WV                                    89,190 $38,068,337
Like telephone service in the 20
th
Century, broadband has become essential to life in the 21
st
Century. But, according to the FCC’s latest Broadband Progress Report, nearly one in three rural 
Americans lack access to 10/1 broadband, compared to only one in 100 urban Americans.  
The FCC’s traditional universal service program succeeded in ensuring telephone network 
coverage in rural America by providing subsidies where the cost of service would otherwise be 
prohibitive. In late 2011, the FCC modernized the program to support networks capable of 
providing broadband and voice services, and created the Connect America Fund to efficiently and 
effectively administer that support to expand broadband in rural areas where market forces alone 
can’t support expansion. 
Since then, Phase I of Connect America has provided $438 million to expand broadband to nearly 
1.7 million people in over 637,000 homes and businesses in 45 states and Puerto Rico, including 
$133 million to Frontier. Over the next six years, Phase II of Connect America will provide more 
than $10 billion to expand broadband-capable networks throughout rural America nationwide, all 
without increasing the cost of the program to ratepayers.
Carriers receiving Connect America Fund support must build out broadband to 40% of funded 
locations by the end 2017, 60% by end of 2018, and 100% by the end of 2020. Overall, the FCC’s 
Universal Service Fund allocates $4.5 billion annually through various universal service 
programs for high-cost areas to support voice- and broadband-capable networks in rural America.
A spreadsheet listing all counties by state where Frontier will expand broadband is available at
https://transition.fcc.gov/wcb/CAM43_County_FINAL_052115.xlsx.
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