CAF Disbursements and Locations Data

datahub.usac.org | Last Updated 28 May 2024

This dataset provides information at the Study Area Code (SAC) level about dollar amounts paid to carriers that participate in Connect America Fund (CAF) programs, the number of locations these carriers have deployed with CAF support and their total deployment obligations by location count.

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This dataset has the following 10 columns:

Column Name	API Column Name	Data Type	Description	Sample Values
Filing Year	filing_year	text	Year when data was reported in High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB) portal.	2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 view top 100
State	state	text	State abbreviation for carrier receiving High Cost support.	IA MN TX OK IL view top 100
Fund	fund	text	Individual High Cost fund in which the carrier participates. See High Cost Funds Glossary for details.	CAF-BLS ACAM ACAM II RDOF CAF II view top 100
Study Area Code	study_area_code	text	The 6-digit Study Area Code (SAC) is a unique number assigned to each Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) based on its service area. A carrier with multiple service areas within a single state will have multiple SACs.	366130 536129 366132 265061 305062 view top 100
Company Name	company_name	text	Name of the company participating in High Cost funding	WINDSTREAM HOLDINGS II, LLC TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC. CENTURYLINK, INC. AT&T INC. CONNECT PARENT CORPORATION view top 100
Locations Deployed in Filing Year	locations_deployed_in_filing	number	Total number of locations receiving CAF funds deployed within the corresponding filing year.	0 1 2 3 4 view top 100
Locations Deployed Cumulative	locations_deployed_cumulative	number	Total number of locations receiving CAF funds deployed within the corresponding filing year and prior years.	0 1 2 3 4 view top 100
Support Disbursed in Filing Year	support_disbursed_in_filing	number	Amount of funding disbursed to carriers as of the filing year. The “amount disbursed” may occasionally show a negative number. This is a result of prior period adjustments, audit recoveries, or other factors.	0 61249.92 202212 95700 100500 view top 100
Support Disbursed Cumulative	support_disbursed_cumulative	number	Total amount of funding disbursed to carriers as of the filing year and prior years. The “amount disbursed” may occasionally show a negative number. This is a result of prior period adjustments, audit recoveries, or other factors.	0 8849652 4558695 73997675 154787474 view top 100
Total Location Obligation	total_obligation	number	Number of locations to which the carrier must deploy broadband, for the fund, in the Study Area.	326 386 329 308 190 view top 100