An historic rural broadband opportunity is unfolding in 2020. A new FCC initiative, the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, or RDOF, aims to inject billions of dollars in funding to support the construction and operation of rural broadband networks. FiberRise sees…
Frontier Communications CEO Dan McCarthy was not surprised by but is not enthusiastic about some aspects of the proposed Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), which would essentially replace the Connect America broadband funding program for the nation’s larger price cap…
The FCC took the next step today toward establishing the $20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund by adopting a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that outlines the parameters for that fund. The fund would cover some of the costs of…
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai today announced a proposal to award $20.4 billion over 10 years to go toward rural broadband networks. The commission is calling the initiative the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The funding would go toward price cap carrier…
The government funding that Charter has received for rural broadband deployments generates revenue opportunities for the company beyond the funded areas, Charter CEO Chris Winfrey told investors today. Winfrey noted that while the company has cited rural internal rates of…
The cable rural broadband funding explosion continues, as two cable companies took home the lion’s share of awards of awards announced in Alabama on Friday. Mediacom was the big winner in the announcement. The company was awarded $13.4 million in…
Point Broadband Fiber Holding, LLC, a provider to rural areas and small cities in nine states, said that it is getting a “significant growth investment from funds affiliated with Berkshire Partners.” The size of the investment and other details were…
Charter hopes to complete its RDOF-funded rural broadband deployment ahead of time, said Chris Winfrey, Charter president and CEO, on today’s fourth quarter earnings call. The take rate in those areas is ahead of expectations, he said. Charter made broadband…
Four years after the Connect America Fund II auction was completed, the FCC said yesterday that it has completed the process of reviewing long-form applications from all winning bidders. There were 195 authorized applicant/state combinations totaling $1.48 billion, as well…
There’s a lot going on in broadband these days, so I’ll skip the intro and launch right into the top broadband news of 2022. In no particular order, the big stories include: Telcos’ Broadband Turnaround Now that telcos are more…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – October 10, 2022 – Spectrum today announced construction is underway on a fiber-optic network expansion project that will bring gigabit broadband and other Spectrum services to over 4700 homes and small businesses in Wexford County, Michigan. Spectrum…
What’s happening with broadband and why is it important? Find out by subscribing to Telecompetitor’s newsletter today.