Broadband Expansion

California’s Broadband for All Action Plan

The State’s Broadband for All Action Plan focuses on achieving three long-term goals:

  • All Californians have high-performance broadband available at home, schools, libraries, and businesses
  • All Californians have access to affordable broadband and the devices necessary to access the internet
  • All Californians can access training and support to enable digital inclusion.

To achieve these goals the California Broadband Council plans to leverage the state’s full range of tools, including policy, programs, funding, partnerships, and collaborations with federal, local, and tribal governments.

Toward those goals, we are have listed all of our towns and population centers in the region along with broadband-related data.  The lists and associated data below will help to prioritize project areas for the different grant opportunities, each with unique requirements, and will support collaboration efforts with service providers to bring reliable broadband Internet service to our unserved areas.

Additional prioritization information can be found on the Broadband Priorities web page on this site.

Mono County Grant-Funded Projects

The following is a list of the locations in Mono County that have grant-funded broadband construction projects in progress or pending.

Please note that the grant-funded project locations listed below may not include the entire community or town.

  • Bodie (CAF II)
  • Coleville (FFA, RDOF, CAF II)
  • Cottonwood Canyon (CAF II)
  • Crestview (CAF II)
  • Fales / Swauger Creek (CAF II)
  • Hilton Creek (FFA)
  • June Lake (FFA)
  • Lake Mary & Lakes Basin (FFA)
  • Long Valley (FFA)
  • Lundy (CAF II)
  • Mammoth Lakes (FFA)
  • McGee Creek (FFA)
  • Montgomery City (CAF II)
  • Oasis (CAF II)
  • Rock Creek (CAF II)
  • Sonora Junction (CAF II)
  • Topaz (RDOF)
  • Twin Lakes (CAF II)
  • Virginia Lakes (CAF II)

Inyo County Grant-Funded Projects

The following is a list of the locations in Inyo County that have grant-funded broadband construction projects in progress or pending.

Please note that the grant-funded project locations listed below may not include the entire community or town.

  • Alabama Hills (FFA)
  • Alta Vista / Mesa (CAF II)
  • Aspendell (FFA)
  • Bishop Creek (FFA)
  • Charleston View (CAF II)
  • Coso Junction (CAF II)
  • Darwin (CAF II)
  • Death Valley Junction (CAF II)
  • Deep Springs (CAF II)
  • Dunmovin (CAF II)
  • Furnace Creek (CAF II)
  • Haiwee (CAF II)
  • Homewood Canyon (CAF II)
  • Little Lake (CAF II)
  • Millpond (CAF II)
  • Panamint Springs (CAF II)
  • Pearsonville (FFA)
  • Rudolph Ranch (CAF II)
  • Shoshone (CAF II)
  • South Lake (FFA)
  • Starlite (FFA)
  • Steward Valley (CAF II)

Other Mono County Potential Broadband Project Locations

The following is a list of locations in Mono County that could be considered as potential broadband project locations.  Some locations currently have no residents.

  • Aspen Springs
  • Belfort
  • Benton
  • Benton Hot Springs
  • Benton Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Reservation
  • Bodie (Ghost Town)
  • Bridgeport
  • Bridgeport Indian Colony
  • Chalfant
  • Crowley Lake
  • Dog Town (Abandoned)
  • Dunderberg Mill
  • Lee Vining
  • Lower Town
  • Mesa Camp
  • Mono City
  • Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe
  • Mono Mills
  • North Landing
  • Paradise
  • Pizona
  • Reds Meadow
  • South Landing
  • Sunny Slopes
  • Swall Meadows
  • Tom’s Place
  • Upper Town
  • Walker
  • Willow Springs

Other Inyo County Potential Broadband Project Locations

The following is a list of locations in Inyo County that could be considered as potential broadband project locations.  Some locations currently have no residents.

  • Badwater (DVNP, NPS)
  • Ballerat (Ghost Town)
  • Bartlett
  • Big Pine
  • Big Pine Piaute Reservation
  • Bishop
  • Bishop Paiute Reservation
  • Cerro Gordo (Ghost Town)
  • Chicago Valley
  • Crater (Abandoned Mine)
  • Death Valley
  • Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek
  • Fort Independence Reservation
  • Glacier Lodge
  • Grant
  • Independence
  • Lone Pine
  • Lone Pine Reservation
  • Rock Creek (Campground)
  • Sage Flat
  • Sandy Valley
  • Scotty’s Castle (DVNP, NPS Facility)
  • Seven Pines (Campground)
  • Tecopa
  • Timbi-Sha Shoshone Reservation
  • Trona
  • Valley Wells (Historical Landmark)
  • West Bishop
  • Zurich

The following groupings of project locations may help in aggregating multiple locations with small numbers of potential broadband Internet service customers, making those projects more feasible for ongoing broadband internet service delivery.

  • (Inyo) Keeler & Darwin: 102 Priority Unserved, 2 communities
  • (Inyo) Greater Big Pine: 114 Total Unserved (109 Priority Unserved), 4 communities
  • (Mono) Mono Lake Area: 110 Priority Unserved, 4 communities
  • (Mono) Greater Bridgeport Area: 183 Priority Unserved, 3+ communities
  • (Inyo) Dry Lake Area: 64 Eligible (63 priority Eligible) – 172 unserved per FFA map, 5 communities 
  • (Mono & Inyo) Hammil & Rudolph Ranch: 173 Priority Unserved, 3 communities (Mono & Inyo Counties) 

The sortable table below presents data from the California Advance Services Fund (CASF) California Interactive Broadband Map, listing the Census Place Names and associated numbers of locations eligible for CASF Infrastructure Account grant funding, as well as whether the locations are near the existing or future open-access, middle-mile network.

Location

County

Population

Households

# Eligible

# Priority Eligible

Total Eligible

Near MMBN

Near Tower

Wireline ISP

Walker

Mono

711

144

189

333

yes

no

Yes

Tecopa

Inyo

125

80

77

5

82

yes

no

No

Shoshone

Inyo

22

13

36

5

41

yes

no

No

Independence

Inyo

597

284

25

42

67

yes

no

Yes

Topaz

Mono

150

13

66

79

yes

no

Yes

Coleville

Mono

420

7

60

67

yes

no

No

Tinnemaha

Inyo

46

7

5

8

13

yes

no

Long Valley

Mono

48

5

13

18

yes

no

No

Bishop

Inyo

3882

1776

2

48

50

yes

no

Yes

McGee Creek

Mono

57

2

16

18

yes

no

No

Olancha

Inyo

148

68

1

30

31

yes

no

No Placename

Inyo

0

0

0

0

0

no

no

Aberdeen

Inyo

26

32

0

14

14

yes

no

No

Alabama Hills

Inyo

28

11

0

20

20

no

no

Yes

Aspendell

Inyo

60

33

0

128

128

no

no

No

Bartlett

Inyo

17

6

0

0

0

yes

yes

Big Pine

Inyo

1886

774

0

75

75

yes

no

Yes

Bishop Creek

Inyo

34

13

0

11

11

no

no

No

Bishop Paiute Reservation

Inyo

2008

696

0

79

79

no

no

Black Rock

Inyo

4

0

0

1

1

yes

no

No

Cartago

Inyo

66

33

0

21

21

yes

no

Cerro Gordo

Inyo

4

0

0

0

0

no

no

No

Charleston View (Calvada Springs)

Inyo

79

28

0

19

19

no

no

No

Coso Junction

Inyo

1

0

0

0

0

yes

yes

No

Darwin

Inyo

40

25

0

46

46

no

no

No

Death Valley

Inyo

49

6

0

0

0

no

no

No

Death Valley Junction

Inyo

6

4

0

0

0

yes

no

No

Deep Springs

Inyo

47

3

0

0

0

no

no

No

Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek

Inyo

2781

1197

0

9

9

no

no

Yes

Dunmovin

Inyo

5

0

0

4

4

yes

no

No

Enchanted Village

Inyo

10

21

0

11

11

yes

no

Fish Slough

Inyo

0

2

0

2

2

yes

no

Furnace Creek

Inyo

525

182

0

94

94

yes

no

No

Haiwee

Inyo

2

3

0

0

0

yes

no

Homewood Canyon

Inyo

41

19

0

0

0

no

no

No

Keeler

Inyo

71

36

0

56

56

yes

no

Laws

Inyo

15

1

0

4

4

yes

no

Yes

Little Lake

Inyo

3

1

0

0

0

yes

no

Lone Pine

Inyo

2025

867

0

100

100

yes

no

Yes

Mesa / Alta Vista

Inyo

275

115

0

16

16

no

no

Yes

Millpond

Inyo

5

1

0

1

1

yes

no

No

Panamint Springs

Inyo

12

9

0

0

0

yes

no

No

Pearsonville

Inyo

8

1

0

11

11

yes

yes

No

Rock Creek / Pine Creek

Inyo

1

5

0

4

4

no

no

No

Round Valley

Inyo

485

156

0

32

32

no

no

Yes

Rudolph Ranch

Inyo

28

12

0

10

10

yes

no

No

Sage Flat

Inyo

3

0

0

0

0

yes

yes

Sandy Valley

Inyo

5

4

0

2

2

no

no

No

Scotty's Castle

Inyo

4

4

0

0

0

no

no

No

Seven Pines

Inyo

4

0

0

11

11

no

no

No

South Lake

Inyo

11

4

0

26

26

no

no

No

Starlite

Inyo

136

72

0

65

65

no

no

No

Stewart Valley

Inyo

30

10

0

12

12

no

no

No

Trona

Inyo

11

1

0

1

1

no

no

No

Valley Wells

Inyo

0

0

0

1

1

no

no

No

West Bishop

Inyo

2794

1171

0

37

37

yes

no

Yes

Wilkerson

Inyo

543

241

0

13

13

yes

no

Yes

Zurich

Inyo

6

4

0

1

1

yes

no

CalTech Observatory

Inyo

0

0

0

1

1

no

no

Sykes

Inyo

1

4

0

2

2

yes

yes

No

Owenyo

Inyo

0

0

0

0

0

no

no

No Placename

Mono

0

0

0

0

no

no

Aspen Springs

Mono

81

0

29

29

yes

no

Yes

Banner Spring

Mono

2

0

1

1

no

no

Benton

Mono

293

0

79

79

yes

no

Yes

Benton Crossing

Mono

7

0

0

0

no

no

Bodie

Mono

11

0

0

0

no

no

No

Bridgeport

Mono

566

0

147

147

yes

no

Yes

Chalfant

Mono

660

0

108

108

yes

no

Yes

Cottonwood Canyon

Mono

29

0

12

12

no

yes

No

Crestview

Mono

8

0

1

1

yes

yes

No

Crowley Lake

Mono

984

0

385

385

yes

no

Yes

Dunderberg Mill

Mono

5

0

1

1

no

no

No

Fales / Swauger Creek

Mono

45

0

24

24

yes

no

No

Hammil

Mono

151

0

55

55

yes

no

No

Hot Creek

Mono

22

0

0

0

no

no

No

June Lake

Mono

619

0

35

35

yes

no

Yes

Lee Vining

Mono

230

0

41

41

yes

no

Yes

Lundy

Mono

1

0

0

0

no

no

Mammoth Lakes

Mono

7199

0

196

196

yes

no

Yes

MCMWTC

Mono

96

0

0

0

no

no

Mesa Camp

Mono

0

0

1

1

no

no

Mono City

Mono

224

0

60

60

yes

no

Yes

Mono Mills

Mono

6

0

2

2

no

no

No

Oasis

Mono

12

0

0

0

no

no

No

Paradise

Mono

174

0

12

12

no

no

Yes

Rabbit Ranch

Mono

0

0

1

1

no

no

Sonora Junction

Mono

0

0

1

1

yes

no

Sunny Slopes

Mono

139

0

61

61

yes

no

Yes

Swall Meadows

Mono

178

0

46

46

no

no

Yes

Tom's Place

Mono

13

0

0

0

yes

no

Yes

Twin Lakes

Mono

45

0

189

189

no

no

No

Virginia Lakes

Mono

8

0

60

60

yes

no

No

Willow Springs

Mono

1

0

12

12

yes

no

No

Badwater

Inyo

0

no

no

No

Ballerat

Inyo

0

no

no

Big Pine Piaute Reservation

Inyo

0

no

no

Chicago Valley

Inyo

0

no

no

No

Cow Creek (Park Village)

Inyo

0

yes

no

No

Crater

Inyo

0

no

no

Fort Independence Reservation

Inyo

0

yes

no

Glacier Lodge

Inyo

0

no

no

Grant

Inyo

0

yes

no

Lone Pine Reservation

Inyo

0

no

no

Rovana

Inyo

0

no

no

Yes

Timbi-Sha Shoshone Reservation

Inyo

0

yes

no

Whitney Portal

Inyo

0

no

no

Belfort

Mono

0

no

no

Benton Hot Springs

Mono

0

no

no

Benton Paiute Reservation

Mono

0

no

no

Bridgeport Indian Colony

Mono

0

no

no

Dog Town

Mono

0

yes

no

No

Hilton Creek

Mono

0

yes

no

No

Lake Mary

Mono

0

no

no

Yes

Lower Town

Mono

0

no

no

Mono Lake Kootzaduka'a Tribe

Mono

0

no

no

Montgomery City

Mono

0

yes

no

North Landing

Mono

0

no

no

No

Pizona

Mono

0

no

no

Reds Meadow

Mono

0

no

no

Rock Creek

Mono

0

no

no

No

South Landing

Mono

0

no

no

No

Upper Town

Mono

0

no

no

No

Last updated:  November 19, 2024 2:54 pm