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Delaware’s Final Proposal for BEAD deployment funds has been approved. Click to see if your address is eligible for a new or improved connection through BEAD.
Check back for updated project information in April.

Delaware Broadband Office

Roll of fiber optic cable on the ground

Delaware Broadband Strategy

Goal

Devices to connect to the internet placed inside varying colored circles, forming the shape of the state of Delaware

All Delaware Homes & Businesses Connected to High-Speed Broadband

Hundreds of Delawareans live in areas that are not economical for private companies to connect without public investment. By the end of 2030, the Delaware Broadband Office will have connected over 11,000 unserved or underserved addresses to high-speed broadband using federal funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, American Rescue Plan Act, and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. This will connect nearly every eligible address in Delaware, in addition to those connected by private expansion and the FCC’s Rural Development Opportunity Fund.

Delawareans can see where our funding is being deployed to connect homes across the state to high-speed internet.

High-Speed Internet Deployment Programs

American Rescue
Plan Act
(ARPA)

$33M

Since 2022, federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act empowered the Delaware Broadband Office to expand broadband access to nearly 7,000 households and businesses. This program will conclude in 2026.

Broadband Equity Access & Deployment (BEAD)

$107M

The BEAD planning process and recent program changes have moved the estimated period of implementation to 2026-2030. This funding can be used to connect unserved homes and to upgrade connections to homes with a lower-speed connection.

FCC: Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF)

$13M

Under RDOF, private companies bid in 2020 for federal funding to connect homes to broadband in designated geographic rural areas. RDOF funds were awarded directly to the provider and cannot be combined with BEAD for RDOF awarded areas. Talkie, Inc. is the company chosen by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to deliver broadband to certain areas in Delaware and has until 2028 to make the connections. NOTE: This program is administered directly by the FCC, and not by the Delaware Broadband Office.





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