Infrastructure Essentials Toolkit

The Infrastructure Essentials Toolkit is an important tool for anyone seeking a broadband grant or planning to deploy infrastructure.  Recent grant programs include: Broadband Infrastructure Program ($300 million) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program ($1 Billion) In a single national Toolkit, it enables the applicant to quickly identify eligible service areas that would be considered “unserved” or "underserved" based upon a broad range of public and private data sets.  Interested parties are encouraged to read the Introduction to understand how multiple layers of data are juxtaposed, enabling efficient decision-making. Key data sets include: 2020 “Pre-Census” housing units (a.k.a. homes passed). FCC Form 477 data (seen through the lens of the NTIA’s “Qualifying Broadband Service” and “Eligible Service Area” definitions). Subsidy Programs: CAF II, RDOF, and USDA (ReConnect and others), seen through the lens of the NTIA’s “enforceable buildout commitment” filter. Measured network dat