Connecticut internet, where fiber now competes with fiber
Fiber is available at 82.1% of the 1,092,925 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Connecticut, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 98.7%. 80.8% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 17.9% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Northeast region, New England division
In most states the question is whether fiber has arrived. In Connecticut it is increasingly which fiber: two or more fiber networks report service at 40.2%1 of all homes and businesses, the highest share in the country. Most of that overlap was built in four years, and the few locations still without reliable service are scattered, with the highest share in the Northwest Hills.
Who reports service in Connecticut
12 companies report terrestrial home internet somewhere in Connecticut as of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), across 1,092,925 broadband serviceable locations: houses, apartment buildings and small businesses. Among the states, that count is tied for 4th lowest1. A provider lists a location when it says it could connect it within ten business days for a standard installation, and anyone can challenge that claim on the FCC map.
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 80.3% | 76.4% | 7 Gbps | 0.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 73.7% | 20.7% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 63.9% | 63.9% | 2 Gbps | 10.0% |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 36.4% | 2.3% | 100 Mbps | – |
| GoNetspeed | Fiber | 28.8% | 28.8% | 6 Gbps | 0.3% |
| Optimum | Fiber Cable | 19.7% | 19.7% | 10 Gbps | 1.8% |
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 12.8% | 12.8% | 2 Gbps | 2.8% |
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 11.0% | 11.0% | 1 Gbps | 2.6% |
| Verizon | Fiber Licensed wireless | 9.6% | 5.2% | 2.3 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Breezeline | Fiber Cable | 6.3% | 6.3% | 1 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Metronet | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 Gbps | – |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of the area's broadband serviceable locations where the provider reports service as of June 30, 2026. "Only wired option" is the share of locations where it is the single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Provider-reported and challengeable; speeds are advertised maximums, not measured; no prices. Satellite providers (HughesNet, Starlink, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The list is short, but the networks on it are large. Frontier reports fiber at 76.4% of the state's locations and also still runs copper DSL. Xfinity's cable network reaches 63.9%; Optimum covers 19.7%, nearly all of it with fiber (18.2%). GoNetspeed, which reported no Connecticut locations in June 2022, now reports fiber at 28.8%1. Cox, Spectrum and Breezeline split the remaining cable territory.
T-Mobile and AT&T appear high in the table because their licensed fixed wireless service, sold as 5G home internet, is listed across much of the state, but they offer 100/20 Mbps at only 20.7% and 2.3%1 of locations respectively.
Where two fiber networks overlap
At 40.2% of Connecticut's locations, two or more providers report fiber. Among the states, that share is the highest; the national figure is 12.1%. In June 2022 the state's share was 13.9%2. Fiber from at least one provider reaches 82.1%, 4th highest among the states, against 62.6%1 nationally.
The overlap is a city story with one large exception. In Bridgeport, Optimum reports fiber at 92.1% of locations and Frontier at 86.3%, and 89.5% have two or more fiber networks. Stamford (77.0%) is next. In New Haven, where GoNetspeed's fiber (50.9% of locations) overlaps Frontier's, the share is 46.2%. Hartford is the outlier: Frontier's fiber reaches 74.3% of its locations, but the second wire there is Xfinity cable, and only 6.2%1 of the capital's locations have a second fiber network.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| Area | Two or more fiber networks |
|---|---|
| Bridgeport | 89.5% |
| Stamford | 77.0% |
| New Haven | 46.2% |
| Waterbury | 41.0% |
| Connecticut | 40.2% |
| United States | 12.1% |
| Hartford | 6.2% |
Bridgeport, Stamford, New Haven, Hartford and Waterbury have their own pages; every Connecticut city and town of 25,000 or more is in the table below.
| Bridgeport | 152,273 | 96.8% | 96.7% | 89.7% | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stamford | 139,535 | 93.5% | 93.5% | 78.9% | 3 |
| New Haven | 138,774 | 87.2% | 96.9% | 87.1% | 4 |
| Hartford | 121,981 | 74.9% | 98.5% | 74.8% | 3 |
| Waterbury | 115,771 | 84.3% | 98.0% | 84.3% | 4 |
| Norwalk | 94,508 | 95.8% | 95.8% | 87.3% | 3 |
| Danbury | 89,033 | 77.5% | 98.3% | 77.4% | 4 |
| New Britain | 76,286 | 92.3% | 99.8% | 92.3% | 3 |
| Bristol | 62,341 | 90.0% | 99.5% | 89.9% | 2 |
| Meriden | 60,810 | 86.7% | 96.9% | 84.0% | 3 |
| West Haven | 55,351 | 93.1% | 99.5% | 93.0% | 4 |
| Milford city (balance) | 51,215 | 97.9% | 98.1% | 92.7% | 4 |
| Middletown | 48,439 | 77.6% | 99.7% | 77.4% | 3 |
| Shelton | 42,880 | 84.9% | 95.4% | 84.4% | 5 |
| Norwich | 40,001 | 83.0% | 93.0% | 83.8% | 2 |
| Torrington | 35,796 | 96.0% | 96.3% | 90.5% | 3 |
| Naugatuck | 32,230 | 79.3% | 93.3% | 79.2% | 2 |
| New London | 28,003 | 83.5% | 98.4% | 94.2% | 2 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files. Shares of broadband serviceable locations inside city limits (2020 census blocks), as of June 30, 2026. Population: July 1, 2025 estimate. Gigabit: 1,000/100 Mbps.
A second wired choice is now the norm
Counting wired providers that offer 100/20 Mbps, the share of locations with two or more rose by 33.2 percentage points between June 2022 and June 2026, the 5th highest increase among the states. In June 2022, 50.5% of locations had exactly one such provider; by June 2026 that share was 17.9%, the 3rd lowest among the states. The share with three or more went from 8.7%2 to 37.8%, 2nd highest in the country and well above the national 11.1%. On average a Connecticut location has 2.201 wired providers at that speed.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Different wired providers (fiber, cable or DSL; FCC provider IDs) reporting 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up or more at the same location. Fixed wireless and satellite are not counted.
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| Area | None | One | Two | Three or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 1.3% | 17.9% | 43.0% | 37.8% |
| Hartford | 0.4% | 24.8% | 68.6% | 6.2% |
| Bridgeport | 2.4% | 7.9% | 21.1% | 68.6% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Where only one wire remains, it is usually cable. Xfinity is the only wired 100/20 provider at 10.0% of the state's locations, Cox at 2.8%, Spectrum at 2.6% and Optimum at 1.8%. Frontier is the sole option at only 0.3%: cable is reported at 97.0%1 of locations, so Frontier's fiber almost always arrives as a second or third wire.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Shares of broadband serviceable locations in each FCC release (latest revision of each); the small number is the change in percentage points since June 30, 2022. The FCC's count of locations is updated with each release, so shares are compared rather than counts.
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| Measure | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two or more fiber networks | 13.9% | 38.5% | 40.2% | 26.3 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 8.7% | 35.6% | 37.8% | 29.2 pts |
| One wired choice | 50.5% | 18.4% | 17.9% | −32.6 pts |
| DSL available | 62.5% | 14.3% | 13.4% | −49.1 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 47.3% | 92.7% | 92.9% | 45.6 pts |
Copper on the way out, gigabit nearly everywhere
The same four years saw the old telephone network shrink on the map. DSL was reported at 62.5%2 of locations in June 2022 and at 13.4% in June 2026, a fall of 49.1 percentage points. DSL is still listed at about 147,0001 locations, almost all of them Frontier's.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of broadband serviceable locations where at least one provider reports the technology, at any speed; a location can have several. Satellite is reported almost everywhere and is left out.
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| Technology | Connecticut | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 82.1% | 62.6% |
| Cable | 97.0% | 80.3% |
| DSL (copper) | 13.4% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 81.4% | 87.3% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 0.0% | 19.7% |
Service of 1,000/100 Mbps or faster is now advertised at 92.9% of locations, up 45.6 percentage points since 2022, and symmetrical wired service of at least 100/100 Mbps at 93.0%. At 93.2%1 of locations the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more. These are the providers' maximum advertised speeds, not measurements.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Maximum advertised download speed (Mbps) of any wired or fixed wireless offer at the location, as reported by providers to the FCC; satellite excluded. Advertised, not measured.
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| Area | Under 25 Mbps or none | 25–99 | 100–249 | 250–499 | 500–939 | 940–1,999 | 2,000 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 5.5% | 93.2% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Nine planning regions instead of eight counties
Connecticut's county figures look different from older sources for a reason: since 2022 the Census Bureau has used the state's nine planning regions, run by councils of governments, as county-equivalents in place of the eight historical counties, which stopped functioning as governments in 1960. The FCC data here follow the new regions.
Fiber's largest gains came outside the big coastal cities. In the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, where almost no fiber was reported in 2022, fiber's share rose by 84.3 percentage points to 84.3%, and in the Lower Connecticut River Valley by 53.0 percentage points. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, which already had the most fiber, gained the least, +18.0 percentage points, and now leads at 94.1%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties are higher. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| County | Fiber available: change since June 30, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 84.3 pts |
| Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 63.9 pts |
| Northwest Hills Planning Region | 60.7 pts |
| Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 53.0 pts |
| Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 39.0 pts |
| South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 33.8 pts |
| Capitol Planning Region | 21.6 pts |
| Western Connecticut Planning Region | 20.8 pts |
| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 18.0 pts |
No region is far behind. The lowest fiber share is in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, around New London, at 76.6%. The Capitol Planning Region, around Hartford and the largest region by locations, is close to it, with fiber at 77.1% and two or more wired choices at 76.2%, and it holds the largest number of unserved locations, 6911.
The Northwest Hills have the highest unserved share at 1.0% (465 locations), the lowest gigabit share at 85.7%, the lowest share with two or more wired choices at 74.7%, and satellite as the only service at 298 locations. Even there, the unserved share fell by 3.0 percentage points1 since 2022.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| County | Unserved |
|---|---|
| Northwest Hills Planning Region | 1.0% |
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 0.6% |
| Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 0.3% |
| Capitol Planning Region | 0.2% |
| Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 0.2% |
| Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 0.1% |
| Western Connecticut Planning Region | 0.1% |
| South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 0.1% |
| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 0.0% |
| Capitol Planning Region | 289,883 | 77.1% | 98.6% | 76.2% | 0.2% | Frontier | 78.8% ±0.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 84,517 | 94.1% | 98.6% | 89.3% | 0.0% | Frontier | 77.5% ±1.0 |
| Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 68,279 | 77.2% | 99.4% | 76.8% | 0.3% | Xfinity | 82.7% ±1.1 |
| Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 138,796 | 81.8% | 99.5% | 81.0% | 0.1% | Xfinity | 77.7% ±0.8 |
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 37,138 | 84.3% | 98.2% | 86.6% | 0.6% | Frontier | 80.4% ±1.6 |
| Northwest Hills Planning Region | 48,811 | 80.4% | 97.1% | 74.7% | 1.0% | Frontier | 82.2% ±1.1 |
| South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 160,234 | 87.6% | 99.6% | 86.5% | 0.1% | Xfinity | 80.6% ±0.7 |
| Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 95,901 | 76.6% | 99.3% | 86.7% | 0.2% | Xfinity | 79.7% ±1.1 |
| Western Connecticut Planning Region | 169,366 | 85.1% | 97.5% | 77.8% | 0.1% | Frontier | 84.0% ±0.7 |
| Connecticut | 1,092,925 | 82.1% | 98.7% | 80.8% | 0.2% | 80.1% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables. Shares of broadband serviceable locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC). 2+ wired choices: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. Unserved: BEAD definition. Largest wired provider: reports fiber, cable or DSL at the most locations. Wired subscription: households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (± 90% margin of error).
Prices and who subscribes
The FCC map carries no prices, and no official source publishes typical retail prices for Connecticut. Lifeline, the FCC's monthly discount for low-income households, remains; USAC estimates that 9.0% of eligible Connecticut households are enrolled, the 11th lowest8 participation rate among the states. The Affordable Connectivity Program had 186,5319 Connecticut households enrolled when it stopped taking sign-ups in February 2024; it ended on June 1, 2024.
In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 80.3% of Connecticut households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±0.6 percentage points), the 5th highest share by point estimate. Income still separates households: 80.5% of those earning under $20,000 had a broadband subscription (±2.2 percentage points), against 98.0%10 of those earning $75,000 or more.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Availability is a share of locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC); subscriptions are a share of households from the American Community Survey, 2025 (whiskers: 90% margin of error). Different units and dates: read the gap as a sign, not an exact number.
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| Measure | Share | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations) | 98.7% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 80.3% | ±0.6 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 11.8% | ±0.6 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.7% | ±0.4 |
A small BEAD program
With almost every location already served, Connecticut has little to build under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Its approved Final Proposal funds just 1,782 locations (2nd lowest of any state plan) for $7,215,750, about $4,049 each, plus $2,581,27011 from the providers, out of an allocation of $144.2 million (5th lowest12).
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. Locations in the state's approved BEAD Final Proposal by technology of the selected projects, as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview; subject to NTIA and NIST final review and award.
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| Technology | Share of BEAD locations |
|---|---|
| Fiber | 78.3% |
| Cable | 21.7% |
| Fixed wireless | 0.0% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 0.0% |
The plan assigns 1,396 locations (78.3%) to fiber and the rest, 21.7%, to cable; it assigns none to satellite or fixed wireless. $137.0 million11 of the allocation is not assigned to construction; how that money may be used was not settled as of November 2026. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection runs the program and publishes its documents on the state BEAD program page. Separately, Connecticut received $141.9 million13 from the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $144,180,793 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 1,782 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $7,215,750 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $4,049 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $136,965,043 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $141,932,612 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 42 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 2,083 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 9.0% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 186,531 |
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs; Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data; Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; USAC, Lifeline participation rate; USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024. BEAD figures are as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview, subject to final review; "not assigned to deployment" is the allocation minus the deployment cost (NTIA calls it savings; how it may be used is not settled). The ACP stopped taking applications on February 8, 2024 and ended on June 1, 2024.
Questions and answers
What internet providers serve Connecticut?
Leaving out satellite, the widest reach belongs to Frontier (80.3% of locations, fiber and DSL), T-Mobile (73.7%, licensed fixed wireless) and Xfinity (63.9%, fiber and cable). Optimum (19.7%) and GoNetspeed (28.8%1) are the other large wired networks; Cox, Spectrum and Breezeline each cover a smaller part of the state. These are the FCC's figures as of June 30, 2026.
How much of Connecticut has fiber internet?
As of June 30, 2026, at least one provider reports fiber at 82.1% of Connecticut's homes and businesses, the 4th highest share among the states, and two or more fiber providers at 40.2%1. Whether a particular address has fiber can only be checked on the FCC's National Broadband Map.
What is the cheapest internet in Connecticut?
No official source ranks Connecticut prices, and the FCC map lists none; each provider's broadband facts label gives its current plans and fees. For low-income households, the federal Lifeline discount of $9.25 a month continues, but USAC estimates that only 9.0%8 of eligible Connecticut households use it.
How many Connecticut homes still lack broadband?
Very few. As of June 30, 2026, 2,209 homes and businesses (0.2%) had no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps, the BEAD test for unserved, and 6151 more had reliable service below 100/20. The largest number is in the Capitol Planning Region around Hartford, the highest share in the Northwest Hills.
Checking one address in Connecticut
The figures on this page describe the whole area. Which providers report service at a single home or apartment is shown only on the FCC's own map: search the address at broadbandmap.fcc.gov. If a provider is listed there but cannot actually connect you within ten business days, or the location is missing or misplaced, the map has a button to file a challenge; providers must respond, and corrections flow into later releases. Prices and plans are not part of the FCC data: each provider must show them on its broadband facts label at the point of sale.
More on internet in and around Connecticut
Large cities with their own page: Bridgeport, Stamford, New Haven, Hartford and Waterbury.
Neighboring states: Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. Put Connecticut side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 82.1% | 4th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 92.9% | 3rd of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 98.7% | 5th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 80.8% | 2nd of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 0.2% | 49th of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 34.7% | 9th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 81.4% | 41st of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 94.3% | 18th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 4,049.0% | 34th of 50 |
Sources
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Availability as of June 30, 2026; released November 10, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; Availability as of June 30, 2022; released May 10, 2024. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; July 1, 2025; released May 14, 2026. www.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files; released December 11, 2020. www2.census.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; Availability as of December 31, 2025; released November 3, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. www2.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
- USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024; Enrolled households as of 2024-02-08 (Data Month January 2024 file). www.usac.org
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; Allocations announced 2023-06-26; released June 26, 2023. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Allocations under ARPA sec. 604 (awards announced 2022-06 to 2023). home.treasury.gov
- USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data. opendata.usac.org
- Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; Support months 2018-01 to 2026-09. opendata.usac.org
Margins of error (±) are at the 90% confidence level. A difference is called significant only when it passes the Census Bureau's test at that level. How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.