High Cost: Connect America Fund Broadband Map (CAF Map)

This dataset serves as the foundation for the Connect America Fund Broadband Map (CAF Map), an interactive online map that shows the impact of the Connect America Fund (CAF) on broadband expansion to close the digital divide in rural America. The CAF Map displays the geographic areas that are eligible for CAF support, as well as the specific fixed locations where carriers participating in the program have built out mass-market, high-speed Internet service. The dataset includes address, latitude and longitude coordinates, carrier name, filing year and minimum speeds offered for every location where CAF-supported service is available. The information in this dataset comes directly from carriers, which submit broadband deployment data annually through USAC’s High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB) portal showing where they have built out service using CAF funding. The current CAF Map is based on data certified in the HUBB as of March 06, 2024, to reflect broadband deployment through Dec. 31, 2023. USAC independently verifies deployment to a random sample of locations reported in the HUBB each year to monitor carrier compliance with CAF build-out obligations.

本数据集构成了美国“连通美国基金宽带地图”（Connect America Fund Broadband Map，简称CAF Map）的基础，该地图是一款交互式在线地图，旨在展示“连通美国基金”（Connect America Fund，简称CAF）对拓宽美国农村地区宽带服务、弥合数字鸿沟所产生的影响。CAF Map展示了符合CAF资助资格的地理区域，以及参与该项目的运营商已建设并提供的面向大众市场的、高速互联网服务的具体固定位置。数据集包含了每处提供CAF资助服务的地址、纬度和经度坐标、运营商名称、申报年份以及最低速度等信息。该数据集的信息直接来源于运营商，他们通过美国通用服务管理公司（USAC）的高成本普遍宽带（High Cost Universal Broadband，简称HUBB）门户每年提交宽带部署数据，显示其利用CAF资金建设服务的情况。当前CAF Map基于截至2024年3月6日经HUBB认证的数据，以反映截至2023年12月31日的宽带部署情况。USAC每年会对HUBB中报告的随机样本位置进行独立验证，以监控运营商履行CAF建设义务的合规性。