Twentieth Quarterly Status Report to Congress Regarding BTOP

From September through December 2013, BTOP Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) recipients:

• Deployed or upgraded more than 760 miles of fiber. Since the program began, recipients have deployed more than 112,000 miles of fiber.
• Connected more than 900 community anchor institutions. Thus far, recipients have connected approximately 21,000 total community anchor institutions.
• Generated approximately 1,600 new broadband adoption subscribers, bringing the total number of new subscribers to approximately 631,000.

As of December 30, 2013, NTIA helped 192 recipients (86 percent of the total) complete project activities. NTIA will continue to work with the remaining 32 recipients (14 percent) to verify that they have met their grant requirements and formally close out these grants in the coming months. The majority of State Broadband Initiative (SBI) awards remain active until January 31, 2015.

As of December 31, 2013, grant recipients drew down $3.51 billion, or 85 percent, of federal grant funds. Recipients will use up to the remaining $613.3 million, or 15 percent, of federal grant funds to complete their projects.