By Bilal Zouheir · Founder of A Good Movie to WatchWhen Will Fiber Reach My ZIP?
A federal broadband funding lookup, by ZIP code.
5.8B awarded across 481,738 locations · 56 states and territories · Updated 2026-05-12
The US government has committed over $48 billion to bring fast internet to the parts of the country that don't yet have it. Most of the noise is about BEAD ($42.45B), the latest program, but the older one is just as important: RDOF (Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) already has contracts signed, providers locked in, and FCC-enforced deadlines for actual fiber in the ground.
Type in your ZIP and you'll see two things. First, the RDOF providers awarded funding for your specific county, with the year by which they're legally required to deploy. Second, your state's BEAD allocation, which is the bigger pot still in procurement.
This is especially useful if you're buying real estate somewhere rural, comparing two locations, or just trying to figure out whether to wait for fiber or sign up with whatever ISP is already there. The data combines the FCC Broadband Funding Map (March 2026 authorized projects), the FCC Auction 904 Authorized Long-Form Applicants file (489,000 census blocks), NTIA's BEAD allocations, and the Census Bureau's ZIP-to-county crosswalk.
What this page shows, and what it doesn't.
We focus on RDOF and BEAD because they cover the most ground and both publish enough data to be useful. For RDOF, awards are attributed to your ZIP's dominant county (counties can have multiple ZIPs and ZIPs can straddle counties; we pick the largest-area match). The 5.8B figure is current authorized funding as of March 2026, after defaults. It does not include the original auction winners who later dropped out, which is why total RDOF support is lower than you may see quoted elsewhere ($9.2B at the original auction).
All states and territories
Sources: FCC Broadband Funding Map (program 24, RDOF, March 2026 release); FCC Auction 904 Authorized Long-Form Applicants Data (489,860 authorized census blocks, last refreshed March 2024, defaults applied through March 2026); FCC Auction 904 Results by State, County, and Bidder (location counts); NTIA BEAD Initial Allocations announcement, June 26, 2023; US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 state population estimates; US Census Bureau ZCTA-to-County Relationship File (2020). Per-ZIP results show awards in the dominant county for that ZIP code. Funding totals per county are estimated by pro-rating each project's total obligation by the share of its authorized census blocks falling in that county. For the official program page, see broadbandusa.ntia.gov. Spot something wrong? Tell us.
