FCC releases data on Emergency Broadband Benefit funding

The Federal Communications Commission released a breakdown of its enrollment numbers for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program. Overall, the FCC figures showed 3.08 million households were signed up for benefits as of June 27, with 75,880 of these on Tribal land. That figure was up from the 2.3 million the FCC touted on June 7. Approximately $34.6 million of the $3.2 billion in available funding has been distributed thus far, with the vast majority ($34.3 million) spent on monthly broadband support and $311,873 spent on connected device purchases. For states, California led the way with the most households signed up, followed by Texas, Ohio, New York, and Florida rounding out the top five. The agency for the first time also offered deeper regional detail using zip code prefixes, with this data showing the highest enrollment in San Juan (PR), Los Angeles, Philadelphia (PA), Las Vegas, and Cleveland (OH).