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High Cost: Connect America Fund Broadband Map (CAF Map)
This dataset serves as the foundation for the Connect America Fund Broadband Map (CAF Map), which displays the geographic areas eligible for CAF support, as well as the specific fixed locations where carriers participating in the program have built out broadband service. The information in the CAF Map comes directly from carriers, which submit broadband deployment data annually through USAC’s High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB) portal. The current CAF Map is based on data certified in the HUBB as of December 31, 2020 deployment. USAC independently verifies deployment to a random sample of reported locations each year to monitor carrier compliance with CAF build-out obligations, but not all data in the map has been subject to this review.
Columns
| Name | Socrata field name | Column name in sgr mount | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longitude | longitude | longitude | Text | Longitude of the deployment location. |
| Milestone Certification Date | milestone_certification_date | milestone_certification_date | Calendar date | Date by which carriers must certify their deployments for that filing year in order to meet their milestone requirement. |
| Locations Obligation | locations_obligation | locations_obligation | Number | Number of locations the carrier is obligated to deploy to for the whole fund. |
| Company Name | company_name | company_name | Text | Company name of the affiliated carrier, or in its absence, carrier name. |
| Total State Support Received | total_state_support | total_state_support | Number | Amount of funding disbursed to carriers by state. |
| Carrier | carrier | carrier | Text | Standard name used to identify a study area. Typically, the carrier name is the same as the company name. |
| Fund Type | fund_type | fund_type | Text | Individual High Cost fund under which the carrier deployed. See High Cost Funds Glossary for details. |
| Target Build Out | target_build_out | target_build_out | Number | Percent of locations a carrier is required to deploy based on current program year milestone. For RBE the obligations are at SAC level and the deadline dates are not same as filing year end dates. |
| Deployment Date | deployment_date | deployment_date | Calendar date | Date the deployment occurred. |
| Study Area Code | study_area_code | study_area_code | Text | Unique number assigned to each ETC based on its service area. A carrier with multiple service areas within a single state will have multiple SAC. |
| Download Upload Speed Tier | speed_tier | speed_tier | Text | Broadband speed that meets the required minimum standard (varies by fund). |
| Deployment Year | deployment_year | deployment_year | Number | Year the deployment occurred. |
| Locations Deployed | locations_deployed | locations_deployed | Number | Number of household being served within a location. |
| Latitude | latitude | latitude | Text | Latitude of the deployment location. |
| Deployment ZIP Code | deployment_zip_code | deployment_zip_code | Text | Zip Code of the deployment location. |
| Deployment State | deployment_state | deployment_state | Text | State of the deployment location. |
| Deployment City | deployment_city | deployment_city | Text | City of the deployment location. |
| Census Block | census_block | census_block | Text | Census block of the deployment location. |
| Deployment Address | deployment_address | deployment_address | Text | Address of the deployment location. |
Upstream Metadata