2019 CAF Program Overview
- An FCC reverse auction program to allocate $2.15 billion to providers in exchange for deploying and maintaining voice and broadband service in high-cost areas across the United States
- Only for certain eligible areas and specific locations pre-defined by the FCC, and based on Broadband Speed availability of less than 10Mbps x 1 Mbps
- 10 years of support disbursed in equal monthly installments
- Auction winning providers required to build 40 percent of assigned locations by the end of the third year of support
- Required to have 100% built by the end of the sixth year of support
Chariton Valley’s Participation in CAF Phase II Funding
- Won 847 FCC defined “funded” locations in the CAF Auction in Linn, Macon, Randolph and Shelby Counties
- The FCC defined “funded” locations means support is for those locations only
- $4.17 Million in support began monthly in June 2019
- Buildout Obligations: 339 locations by 12/2022, 509 locations by 12/2023, 678 locations by 12/2024, 847 locations by 12/2025
- To date CV has built to 567 locations or 67%
- To date CV has spent $4.8 Million to build to the 567 locations, yet has only received $900 Thousand in support
Chariton Valley’s Commitment to Providing Broadband
- Identified 365 additional “unfunded” locations passed during build of CAF
- Not included in the funding awarded through this program
- To date CV has built to 196 of the “unfunded” locations
- To date CV has spent $900 Thousand to build to the 196 locations
To learn more about the CAF program, visit: https://www.fcc.gov/auction/903.
To view a map of the areas where service providers have accepted and will receive CAF support,
visit: www.fcc.gov/reports-research/maps/caf-2-accepted-map.
