Preliminary awards from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) in Virginia. Buildout requirements start at 25/3 but many are at gigabit level. Awards subject to change pending finalization this year. SpaceX RDOF award areas are still considered eligible for state broadband funding.

GIS layer of the Alternate Connect America Model (ACAM) funding clipped to the extent of the commonwealth of Virginia. Original national layer sourced from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The program required buildouts to 25/3 only in parts of the densest award areas, with extensive areas build to speeds of 10/1 or 4/1.

Results of the Connect America Fund (CAF) II Auction clipped to the extent of the Commonwealth of Virginia. All awards in this program required buildouts to speeds of 25/3 or higher. Original data sourced from the FCC.

Section P of Item 115 of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, 2022 Special Session I, commonly known as the Budget Bill, establishes that the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) may publish only anonymized versions of the map, showing locations served and unserved by broadband without reference to any specific provider. For the purposes of this statewide broadband map, the definition of 'broadband' means internet access at speeds equal to or greater than the broadband internet speed benchmark set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC's current definition of broadband, set in February 2015, establishes the speed threshold at which internet service is considered broadband at 25 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloads and 3 Mbps for uploads. In accordance with this reference and definition, DHCD has released the shapefile below which provides those locations unserved by broadband at this speed threshold.

All facilities-based broadband providers are required to file data with the FCC twice a year (Form 477) on where they offer Internet access service at speeds exceeding 200 kbps in at least one direction. Fixed providers file lists of census blocks in which they can or do offer service to at least one location, with additional information about the service. Data Download Page: https://www.fcc.gov/general/broadband-deployment-data-fcc-form-477. Resources page: https://www.fcc.gov/general/form-477-resources-filers.

Tier 0 classifies a data resource as information that is neither sensitive nor proprietary, and intended for public access.