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Image for Connect America Funds Totaling $137 Million Released to Providers in 17 States
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Connect America Funds Totaling $137 Million Released to Providers in 17 States

Posted on August 13, 2019 10:10am by Phil Britt

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released more than $137.2 million in Connect America funds over the next decade to expand broadband to unserved rural homes and businesses in 17 states. The funding was awarded through last year’s Connect America…

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Calix Launches Connect America Fund Performance Testing Solution Leveraging Speedtest® by Ookla®

Posted on February 27, 2019 10:37am by Telecompetitor

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced the availability of speed and latency testing for the Connect America Fund (CAF) as part of the Calix Smart Home and Business solution. Communications service providers (CSPs) can now leverage Calix Support…

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Connect America Fund Accountability Act Aims to Ensure Broadband Performance

Posted on January 18, 2019 7:42pm by Joan Engebretson

The Connect America Fund Accountability Act, introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Doug Collins (R-Georgia), aims to ensure that network operators who deploy broadband using Connect America Fund dollars are delivering the required broadband speeds and meeting other…

Image for ILSR Offers Harsh Connect America Fund Critique, Says Large Carriers Not Investing in Rural Broadband
Image for ILSR Offers Harsh Connect America Fund Critique, Says Large Carriers Not Investing in Rural Broadband

ILSR Offers Harsh Connect America Fund Critique, Says Large Carriers Not Investing in Rural Broadband

Posted on July 31, 2018 10:30am by Joan Engebretson

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, an advocacy group for local community economic development, has issued a harsh critique of the Connect America Fund program, which pays some or all of a carrier’s costs of deploying broadband in rural areas. Despite…

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FCC Now Accepting $2B Connect America Fund Auction Applications for Rural Broadband Expansion

Posted on March 19, 2018 4:19pm by Carl Weinschenk

The FCC said today that it has begun accepting applications for the Connect America Fund Phase II reverse auction. Interested parties will have until March 30 to submit Connect America Fund auction applications. The auction will start on July 24…

Image for Adtran: Connect America Fund Broadband Technologies Will Be a Mixed Bag
Image for Adtran: Connect America Fund Broadband Technologies Will Be a Mixed Bag

Adtran: Connect America Fund Broadband Technologies Will Be a Mixed Bag

Posted on March 14, 2017 10:31am by Joan Engebretson

Telcos are likely to use a mixture of technologies — including fixed wireless, copper bonding and vectoring – to meet deployment requirements of phase two of the Connect America Fund (CAF), said Kurt Raaflaub, head of strategic solutions marketing for…

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Up to $170 Million New York Connect America Funding to be Awarded by the State

Posted on January 27, 2017 8:18am by Joan Engebretson

The state of New York, rather than the FCC, will award up to $170 million in broadband Connect America funding to network operators to help cover the cost of bringing broadband to areas of the state where broadband is not…

Image for Massachusetts Joins Effort Urging the FCC to Release Connect America Funding to States
Image for Massachusetts Joins Effort Urging the FCC to Release Connect America Funding to States

Massachusetts Joins Effort Urging the FCC to Release Connect America Funding to States

Posted on January 11, 2017 8:49am by Joan Engebretson

The state of Massachusetts has asked the FCC to release federal broadband Connect America funding to states. The funding in question was rejected by the nation’s largest price cap carriers in 2015. Granting the Massachusetts request would mean the FCC…

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FCC Releases Preliminary List of Census Blocks for Connect America Fund Auction

Posted on August 12, 2016 5:30am by Joan Engebretson

The FCC yesterday released a preliminary list of census blocks eligible for the Connect America Fund auction. That auction will award funding to help cover the cost of bringing service to areas that cannot get broadband today or can only…

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Rural Gigabit Broadband is Part of FCC $2 Billion Connect America Fund Auction Plans

Posted on May 25, 2016 2:04pm by Joan Engebretson

Rural areas that currently lack broadband could gain broadband at speeds above 1 Gbps as the result of action taken by the FCC at its monthly meeting today. Speeds of 1 Gbps downstream and 500 Mbps upstream are one of…

Image for Connect America Fund for Rural Carriers: Stand-Alone Broadband, Lower ROR on Tap
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Connect America Fund for Rural Carriers: Stand-Alone Broadband, Lower ROR on Tap

Posted on February 22, 2016 6:00am by Joan Engebretson

A long-awaited order for modernizing the Universal Service program for rate-of-return carriers is currently circulating within the FCC. Although details haven’t been released, a blog post from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler offers some basic information about the order. Importantly, the…

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