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Number of Wireline Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 4.6%
3.5%
1 10.1%
9.6%
2 22.9%
31.2%
3 41.1%
38.1%
4 20.4%
13.2%
5 0.8%
3.0%
6 0.1%
0.9%
7 0.0%
0.3%
8+ 0.0%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 1.2%
0.2%
1 6.4%
1.1%
2 9.5%
3.7%
3 14.4%
7.0%
4 18.9%
25.9%
5 21.6%
27.5%
6 21.1%
19.5%
7 6.2%
7.2%
8+ 0.8%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 86.1%
89.5%
Fiber 7.1%
20.5%
Cable 77.1%
87.6%
Wireless 93.3%
99.0%
Other 0.0%
0.0%
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Speed Percent Population   Nationwide
Unreported 0.0%
0.0%
Download > 0.768 Mbps, Upload > 0.2 Mbps 98.5%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 95.1%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)		 Number of Tests  
Home 6,409
2.1 Median Speed: 5.6 mbps Median Speed: 5.6 mbps 10.0
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 176
8.7 Median Speed: 20.0 mbps Median Speed: 20.0 mbps 37.4
Medium/Large Business 248
2.2 Median Speed: 7.7 mbps Median Speed: 7.7 mbps 21.2
Small Business 343
1.5 Median Speed: 3.2 mbps Median Speed: 3.2 mbps 7.9
Mobile 23,033
0.7 Median Speed: 1.8 mbps Median Speed: 1.8 mbps 4.6
Other 35
1.3 Median Speed: 5.1 mbps Median Speed: 5.1 mbps 9.8
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
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0 37.4
Community
Anchor Institutions		 Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 1,465 79 0 1,386 0
University, College, other post-secondary 141 86 0 55 0
Libraries 233 193 0 40 0
Medical / Healthcare 364 208 0 156 54
Public Safety 645 89 0 556 0
Community Centers - Government support 692 118 0 574 0
Community Centers - Non-Government support 240 231 0 9 0
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CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP Kentucky State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
Commonwealth of Kentucky … State Data and Development $5,302,717
Infrastructure
City of Williamstown, Ken… Deployment of Broadband to Corinth, Ky., and Ot… $535,308
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
Public Computer Centers
Boat People SOS, Inc. Neighborhood Empowerment and Support through Te… $392,000
Kentucky Arts, Education … Kentucky Public Library PCC Workforce Opportuni… $1,349,826
Louisville-Jefferson Coun… Metro Louisville Public Library Computing Cente… $743,741
Sustainable Adoption
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
One Community Connect Your Community $1,327,235
One Economy Corporation 21st Century Information and Support Ecosystem:… $28,519,482
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BIP Kentucky State Funding Summary
Applicant Name Grant Request Loan Request Total Request
Round 1
Mountain Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporatio… $38,281,044 $39,843,535 $78,124,579
North Central Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $0 $0 $0
Round 2
Wildblue Communications $19,533,444 $0 $19,533,444
Hughes Network Systems $58,777,306 $0 $58,777,306
Foothills Rural Telephone Cooperative, Corporat… $14,680,738 $6,291,744 $20,972,482
Highland Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $14,461,393 $4,820,464 $19,281,857
Leslie County Telephone Company $6,169,295 $0 $6,169,295
Mikrotec CATV, LLC $829,813 $0 $829,813
Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp, Inc. $17,859,928 $7,654,254 $25,514,182
Salem Telephone Company $1,934,474 $0 $1,934,474
Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Incorporated $5,185,932 $2,222,542 $7,408,474
Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative Corporation $0 $0 $0
West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative Corpo… $42,710,999 $42,711,001 $85,422,000
Windstream Corporation $27,644,292 $0 $27,644,292
Windstream Corporation $31,118,534 $0 $31,118,534
Sacenet $7,530,000 $0 $7,530,000
Windstream Corporation $951,445 $0 $951,445
Echostar XI Operating LLC $14,159,250 $0 $14,159,250
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 38,674
Population 4,405,217
Housing Units 1,970,641
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 5.0%
5.2%
5 - 19 20.0%
20.5%
20 - 34 19.7%
19.8%
35 - 59 34.3%
33.6%
60+ 21.0%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 90.1%
70.5%
Black 7.0%
11.3%
Hispanic 2.2%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.7%
4.0%
Native American 0.0%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $45,246 $58,283
Poverty rate 19.0%
15.8%
Below $25k 31.5%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 33.5%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 28.6%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 11.1%
16.5%
$200k or more 2.0%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate		 75.3%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher		 18.1%
24.8%
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