Is satellite broadband provider Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) considering a bid for rural broadband funding in the upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction? A recent meeting with representatives of the company and FCC staffers suggests the answer could be…
Areas that receive broadband funding through the USDA ReConnect program or a state broadband program will not be eligible to receive funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). In the RDOF Report and Order, adopted January 30 and released…
When the FCC initially announced the results of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) rural broadband auction, the commission touted the fact that almost all eligible areas that had winning bids and that 85% of those areas are slated to…
The Rural Broadband Acceleration Act introduced in the House of Representatives would enable service providers that commit to promptly deploy gigabit broadband to unserved rural areas to access funding from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction in advance of other…
The FCC will vote next month on procedures for the first phase of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which the commission still aims to begin in October, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has delayed other commission initiatives….
The Federal Communications Commission plans to hold a webinar on the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase I auction, also known as Auction 904. The RDOF auction webinar is scheduled for May 5th at 4:00 p.m. ET. The auction will…
Charter said today that it has launched Spectrum broadband service at speeds up to 1 Gbps in El Paso County, Texas. The deployment is part of the company’s plan to invest $5 billion in unserved rural areas, including $1.2 billion…
The FCC has released the fifth public notice of authorization of bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. Among those authorized are Windstream (in 14 states) and Cincinnati Bell (in Kentucky and Ohio). In all, 51 entities –…
The median download speed seen by users of Space X Starlink satellite broadband in the U.S. in the third quarter was 87.25 Mbps, according to Ookla, provider of a widely used speed test app. That was a decline from the…
Not long after the FCC announced that LTD Broadband was the largest winning bidder in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, critics began questioning the company’s ability to meet rural broadband deployment commitments at the level of funding tentatively…
The FCC said today that it is ready to authorize over $1 billion in RDOF funding for rural broadband deployments. About 60 winning bidders are on the ready-to-authorize list, including Windstream, Ziply, Hawaiian Telcom, Talkie and numerous smaller companies and…
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