This dataset contains data from each Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) FCC Form 471 including applicant details such as applicant type, Billed Entity Number (BEN), student count, dollars requested and approved, as well as related information from the ECF portal; data from each Funding Request Number (FRN) including service provider and contract information, Funding Commitment Decision Letter (FCDL) related data, and invoicing details; and data from each FRN line item ID including individual product/service data, costs, quantities, and descriptions.

This tool provides Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program data for the invoice deadline dates and funds remaining on approved funding requests (FRNs). ECF funds expire and cannot be invoiced after the invoice deadline date has passed for a given FRN.

This tool provides user-friendly filters to search, view, and download Emergency Connectivity Fund program data. The tool’s underlying dataset provides a single record for each funding request number (FRN) so users can see the latest funding status, commitment, and disbursement data.

Note: “FRN Total Charges” uses two different data sources, depending on whether the FRN is pending or decided. For pending FRNs, it is equal to the FRN requested amount. For funded, cancelled, or denied FRNs, it is equal to the current FRN amount after modifications, if any, were made during the review process. If you wish to compare the requested amount with the current amount for a committed FRN, please use the "Emergency Connectivity Fund FCC Form 471" dataset, which has separate rows for the requested and current FRN amounts.

This dataset serves as the foundation for the Connect America Fund Broadband Map (CAF Map), an interactive online map that shows the impact of the Connect America Fund (CAF) on broadband expansion to close the digital divide in rural America. The CAF Map displays the geographic areas that are eligible for CAF support, as well as the specific fixed locations where carriers participating in the program have built out mass-market, high-speed Internet service. The dataset includes address, latitude and longitude coordinates, carrier name, filing year and minimum speeds offered for every location where CAF-supported service is available. The information in this dataset comes directly from carriers, which submit broadband deployment data annually through USAC’s High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB) portal showing where they have built out service using CAF funding. The current CAF Map is based on data certified in the HUBB as of March 06, 2024, to reflect broadband deployment through Dec. 31, 2023. USAC independently verifies deployment to a random sample of locations reported in the HUBB each year to monitor carrier compliance with CAF build-out obligations.

The High Cost Detailed Payment Data Search tool displays detailed payment data dating back 10 years to show dollar amounts disbursed to carriers that receive High Cost funding to provide voice and broadband service in rural America. The information in this tool reflects certain adjustments to payments for the current month and prior periods to account for funding caps, support phase downs and budget control mechanisms.

This dataset provides detailed payment information dating back 10 years to show the types and dollar amounts of adjustments to prior-period support disbursed to Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) that receive High Cost funding to provide voice and broadband service in rural America.

This dataset provides detailed payment information dating back 10 years to show dollar amounts disbursed to Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) that receive High Cost funding to provide voice and broadband service in rural America. The information in this tool reflects certain adjustments to payments for the current month and prior periods to account for funding caps, support phase downs and budget control mechanisms.