Nearly half of the telecom operators awarded FERC funding to build broadband networks in underserved "white-spot" areas have not started construction, forcing a 59% cut to the programme's EU allocation; among audited projects, most are still far from actually offering service to residents. NIK also found that a data-quality problem it had already flagged in a 2023 audit of the predecessor broadband programme was still unresolved, showing the issue is systemic rather than a one-off. The FERC programme (Fundusze Europejskie na Rozwój Cyfrowy, 2021-2027) funds telecom operators to build fixed broadband networks reaching "white-spot" addresses with no access to high-speed internet. Centrum Projektów Polska Cyfrowa (CPPC) runs the competition, contracts, and monitors the projects; address-point eligibility data comes from two external systems, PIT and SIDUSIS, maintained by the President of UKE and the Ministry of Digital Affairs. 61/118 operators (51.7%) still active by end-2025. EU allocation cut 59%: PLN 4.5bn to PLN 1.8bn (Jul 2025). 29 agreements terminated (32.2%), >PLN 1.02bn. ~24% withdrew before signing at all. Contracting: max 42 days, vs. 137 days under POPC. EU state-aid rules. Funding agreement terms (schedules, coverage targets). Telecoms infrastructure reporting obligations. EU cohesion-fund financial management rules. Flat unit-cost rates, not actual project costs. Cost model priced new-build only, never modernization. 5.9% of funds disbursed at ~60% of timeline elapsed. 9.7% of planned network km built. 25.6% of address points reached. 76.5% of audited projects: no service launched yet. "Despite a positive evaluation of their applications for FERC funding, telecom operators frequently withdrew from project implementation after further technical, economic and legal analyses pointed to limited investment profitability [...] By the end of 2025, only 61 of the 118 operators (51.7%) whose applications had received a positive evaluation were still implementing their projects." (NIK, p. 10) "Incorrect and incomplete address-point data weakened the effectiveness of FERC support [...] CPPC did not own this data, but should have identified the impact of its insufficient quality on project implementation and reported such risks to the relevant institutions." (NIK, p. 11) "By 30 September 2025, CPPC had settled expenditure of PLN 110.6 million, i.e. 5.9% of the value of funding granted under the agreements [...] NIK's audit found that 1,530 km of the planned 15,819 km of network had been built (approx. 9.7%), and coverage had reached 20,684 of 80,706 address points (25.6%)." (NIK, p. 12) "NIK notes that the findings of this audit confirm that incomplete and outdated broadband-infrastructure data [...] the recommendation addressed to the Minister of Digital Affairs following NIK's audit P/23/005 on the National Broadband Plan [...] remains valid and still unimplemented." (NIK, p. 24) "It was established that CPPC did not have a documented analysis of the impact of this change in regulations on the intervention areas [...] and the regulatory risk associated with the amendment was not included in the risk-management system." (NIK, p. 37)