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Number of Wireline Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 3.8%
3.5%
1 12.9%
9.6%
2 40.3%
31.2%
3 41.4%
38.1%
4 1.5%
13.2%
5 0.1%
3.0%
6 0.0%
0.9%
7 0.0%
0.3%
8+ 0.0%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 0.2%
0.2%
1 2.1%
1.1%
2 9.0%
3.7%
3 14.5%
7.0%
4 13.4%
25.9%
5 35.7%
27.5%
6 23.5%
19.5%
7 1.7%
7.2%
8+ 0.0%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 88.3%
89.5%
Fiber 13.5%
20.5%
Cable 85.2%
87.6%
Wireless 98.6%
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 99.6%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 97.2%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)
Number of Tests  
Home 10,843
2.5 Median Speed: 7.1 mbps Median Speed: 7.1 mbps 16.2
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 168
5.3 Median Speed: 13.2 mbps Median Speed: 13.2 mbps 32.6
Medium/Large Business 364
2.8 Median Speed: 7.6 mbps Median Speed: 7.6 mbps 19.3
Small Business 527
1.7 Median Speed: 4.7 mbps Median Speed: 4.7 mbps 12.4
Mobile 42,446
0.8 Median Speed: 2.1 mbps Median Speed: 2.1 mbps 5.4
Other 134
0.9 Median Speed: 1.7 mbps Median Speed: 1.7 mbps 17.3
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
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0 32.6
Community
Anchor Institutions
Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 2,358 1,170 287 901 1,161
University, College, other post-secondary 386 156 6 224 155
Libraries 317 225 25 67 225
Medical / Healthcare 816 119 3 694 118
Public Safety 744 262 0 482 110
Community Centers - Government support 1,281 1,218 5 58 1,176
Community Centers - Non-Government support 163 75 9 79 68
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Speeds provided *
CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP Tennessee State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
Connected Tennessee State Data and Development $4,479,620
Infrastructure
DeltaCom, Inc. East Tennessee Middle Mile Fiber Broadband Proj… $9,385,452
Level 3 EON, LLC Expanding Broadband Access Across Tennessee $1,295,737
OnWav Five County Broadband Interconnected Training A… $5,184,447
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
Public Computer Centers
Tennessee State Library a… Bridging the Gap: Bringing Broadband Technology… $557,020
Sustainable Adoption
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
Connected Tennessee, LLC Computers 4 Kids: Preparing Tennessee’s Next … $2,287,387
One Economy Corporation 21st Century Information and Support Ecosystem:… $28,519,482
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BIP Tennessee State Funding Summary
Applicant Name Grant Request Loan Request Total Request
Round 1
North Central Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $24,715,709 $24,964,000 $49,679,709
Round 2
Echostar XI Operating LLC $14,159,250 $0 $14,159,250
Wildblue Communications $19,533,444 $0 $19,533,444
Hughes Network Systems $58,777,306 $0 $58,777,306
Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative Corporation $3,563,821 $1,527,352 $5,091,173
Highland Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $35,405,478 $11,801,827 $47,207,305
Millington Telephone Company, Inc. $2,664,635 $1,141,987 $3,806,622
Scott County Telephone Co-Operative $1,043,700 $447,300 $1,491,000
Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation $2,231,868 $956,515 $3,188,382
Sunset Digital Communications, Inc $22,076,454 $2,452,939 $24,529,393
Tennessee Telephone Company Inc $5,150,691 $0 $5,150,691
Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative Corporation $16,076,834 $16,076,833 $32,153,667
Sacenet $7,530,000 $0 $7,530,000
West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative Corpo… $19,189,000 $19,189,000 $38,378,000
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 39,701
Population 6,480,960
Housing Units 2,893,687
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 5.0%
5.2%
5 - 19 20.1%
20.5%
20 - 34 19.5%
19.8%
35 - 59 34.3%
33.6%
60+ 21.2%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 79.7%
70.5%
Black 15.8%
11.3%
Hispanic 3.6%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.9%
4.0%
Native American 0.1%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $48,075 $58,283
Poverty rate 17.9%
15.8%
Below $25k 28.9%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 33.9%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 29.3%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 11.5%
16.5%
$200k or more 2.7%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate
76.9%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher
20.6%
24.8%
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