Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) Program

Overview

The Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program is a competitive bidding program that provides an opportunity for individual N.C. counties to partner with NCDIT to fund broadband deployment projects in unserved and underserved areas of each participating county. The program is codified in N.C.G.S. § 143B-1373.1, established by S.L. 2021-180, and amended by S.L. 2022-6, S.L. 2022-74, S.L. 2023-134 and S.L. 2024-55. Four hundred million dollars is appropriated from the American Rescue Plan for this program.

In partnership with counties, we have developed a competitive process for prequalified internet service providers to bid on broadband infrastructure deployments. Participating counties work with us to mutually identify eligible project areas and develop the scope of work for the procurement of construction, installation and operation of broadband infrastructure in the targeted project areas. NCDIT is providing customizable procurement templates and processes for use with each participating county. Projects require matching investments from the selected broadband service providers. No county may receive more than $8 million in aggregate funding from the CAB fund in a single year. 

• Additional information for counties 
• Additional information for prequalified internet service providers 

2024-2025 Prequalified Vendors

The following prequalified vendors are eligible to participate in the CAB program: 

• AccessOn Networks, Inc.
• Atlantic Telephone Membership Cooperative (FOCUS Broadband)
• BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC (AT&T North Carolina)
• BalsamWest FiberNET, LLC
• Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation (BRMEMC)
• Carolina West Wireless, Inc.
• Cebridge Acquisition, L.P. (NC CSC, LLC)
• Cherokee Cablevision, Inc.
• Citizens Telephone Company (Comporium Communications)
• CloudWyze, Inc.
• CND Acquisition Corporation (The Cable Company)
• Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (Comcast)
• Comporium, Inc. (Comporium Communications)
• Connect Holding II, LLC (Brightspeed)
• Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC (Conterra Networks)
• ERC Broadband, LLC
• Foothills Broadband, LLC
• French Broad Electric Membership Corporation
• Frontier Communications of the Carolinas, LLC
• HarvestBeam, Inc.
• LREMC Technologies, LLC
• MCNC
• NfinityLink Communications, Inc. (InfinityLink Communications)
• Northland Cable Television, Inc. (Vyve Broadband)
• North State Communications Advanced Services, LLC (Lumos)
• Open Broadband, LLC
• Open Fiber USA, LLC
• Randolph Telephone Membership Corporation (Randolph Communications)
• Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporation (RiverStreet Networks (RSN))
• Roanoke Connect Holdings, LLC  (Fybe)
• SkyBest Communications, Inc.
• Skyrunner, Inc.
• Spectrum Southeast, LLC
• Star Telephone Membership Corp (Star Communications)
• StarVision Inc. (Star Communications)
• Surry Telephone Membership Corporation (Surry Communications)
• Ting Fiber, LLC (Ting Internet)
• Windstream North Carolina, LLC
• Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation (Zirrus)
• ZiTEL
• Zito West Holding, LLC (Zito Media)

Questions?

Please send any programmatic questions to CABprogram@nc.gov.