Media Contact: 
Mark Wigfield, (202) 418-0253
mark.wigfield@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
State, County and Carrier Data on $9 Billion, Six-Year Connect America Fund 
Phase II Support for Rural Broadband Expansion
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WASHINGTON, September 15, 2015 – As previously announced, the Federal Communications 
Commission has authorized 10 telecommunications carriers to receive nearly $9 billion in support 
over six years for rural broadband deployment from the Connect America Fund, which, together 
with the carrier’s own investment, will expand broadband to nearly 7.3 million rural consumers in 
45 states nationwide and one U.S. territory over the next few years.
To better illustrate the impact of this authorization, attached are data detailing the amount of 
annual support and locations of support by carrier, state and county. Carriers will receive this 
annual support for six years.  In addition, a map depicting areas where support was accepted is 
available at https://www.fcc.gov/maps/caf-2-accepted-map. 
Note: the county data is for illustrative purposes. Because carriers have some flexibility to shift 
deployment among eligible areas within a state, actual county deployment may vary slightly. In 
addition, Verizon conditioned its acceptance of Phase II support in Texas and California on the 
issuance and acceptance of regulatory approvals for Frontier’s  proposed acquisition of all the 
ownership interests of certain Verizon subsidiaries, including Verizon California Inc. (Verizon 
California) and GTE Southwest Incorporated d/b/a Verizon Southwest (Verizon Texas) by 
December 31, 2015.
Data
? Nationwide Annual Support by State, Carrier: 
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-335269A5.xlsx
Annual Support by Company, State and County
? AT&T: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-335269A9.xlsx
? CenturyLink: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-335269A2.xlsx
? Cincinnati Bell: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-335269A6.xlsx
? Consolidated Communications: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-
335269A10.xlsx
? FairPoint Communications: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-
335269A3.xlsx
? Frontier Communications: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-
335269A7.xlsx
? Hawaiian Telcom Inc.: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-
335269A11.xlsx
? Micronesian Telecom: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-
335269A4.xlsx
? Windstream Communications: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-
335269A8.xlsx
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constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).