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…
The news that has been somewhat suspected for some time has been confirmed today. The FCC has rejected the long form RDOF applications from SpaceX and LTD Broadband, effectively denying them billions of dollars in funding collectively. The long form…
The FCC has authorized Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) money for six more companies. All six authorizations are for smaller companies, and the funding amounts authorized are comparatively small. The RDOF program covers some of the costs of deploying broadband…
The FCC late Friday proposed fines totaling $4.3 million against 73 companies for defaulted bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. More than half of the proposed fines are for a single company — LTD Broadband, which was…
JULY 21, 2022 – MEDFORD, Ore. — Spectrum today announced construction will soon be underway on a fiber-optic network expansion project that will bring Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to more than 4,000 homes and small businesses in Jackson…
The FCC released over 80 pages of authorized bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction late last week. All but part of one page were bids for Mercury Wireless, which had funding released for deployments in Indiana, Michigan,…
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