# Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, Connect America Fund
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2020-03-10 · Effective 2020-04-09 · 85 FR 13773
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-03135
- **Category:** broadband
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 13773
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 54
- **Publication date:** 2020-03-10
- **Effective date:** 2020-04-09
- **FCC docket:** WC Docket Nos.19-126, 10-90
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts the framework for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund builds on the Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction, which allocated funds to deploy networks serving more than 700,000 unserved rural homes and businesses across 45 states. The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund represents the Commission's single biggest step to close the digital divide and connect millions more rural homes and small businesses to high-speed broadband networks.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/10/2020-03135/rural-digital-opportunity-fund-connect-america-fund)
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