The FCC is getting pushback on letters sent last month to 197 companies that had winning bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. Each company received a list of census blocks for which it won funding to deploy…
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Senate Passes Infrastructure Bill with $65 Billion for Broadband
The U.S. Senate today passed a bi-partisan infrastructure bill that includes $65 billion for broadband, the majority of which would go toward deployments in unserved and underserved areas. Some stakeholders considered passing the Senate to be the biggest hurdle the…
Fixed and Mobile Carriers Face Off on CBRS Power Levels
The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), which represents fixed wireless providers, has asked the FCC to reject a proposal by the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), which represents mobile providers, involving power levels for the CBRS spectrum band. Earlier this…
Report: Price of Most Popular Broadband Service Declined 26.2% Since 2015
The U.S. weighted average price for providers’ most popular broadband speed tiers declined 26.2% between 2015 and 2021, according to a new report from provider association USTelecom. Over the same period, the download speed of the most popular weighted average…
The Case for Rural Fiber Buildouts: Don’t Be “Expectations-Neutral”
As policymakers consider the best way to expand broadband availability, a key question is where to set speed targets which, in turn, will impact the technology used – fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), fiber-fed copper, fixed wireless or satellite. On a webcast yesterday,…
NTCA, WISPA Express Concerns Over Rural Broadband Priorities in Biden Infrastructure Plan
Two associations representing rural broadband providers would like to see some changes to broadband funding proposals made in the American Jobs Plan currently under consideration by policymakers. In an op-ed piece, the CEOs of NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association and the…
Broadband Associations Ask FCC for Defaulted RDOF Census Block Transparency
Five broadband associations have asked the FCC to release a list of census block groups that provisionally won funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program but on which the winning bidder has defaulted. The associations say this move will…
Biden Broadband Proposal Draws Cheers, Jeers
A barrage of statements from broadband provider associations and think tanks followed the announcement yesterday of the Biden administration’s proposal for an American Jobs Plan, which, if adopted, would provide $100 billion for broadband. While the providers expressed support for…
Provider Associations Spar Over RDOF Gigabit Fixed Wireless
The debate about whether fixed wireless is a suitable technology for meeting gigabit speed requirements in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program continues. Yesterday, the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) sent the FCC a rebuttal to an FCC…
Telecom Industry Wants Federal Broadband Initiatives to Support Training
As the Biden administration considers federal broadband initiatives, 10 telecom industry associations are urging the administration to include support for broadband skills training in those plans. In a joint letter to the White House and Congress, the Competitive Carriers Association…
ACA Connects: Smaller Video Providers Pay 43% More than Larger Providers for Retransmission Fees
The retransmission fees that video service providers pay to television broadcasters increased 19.2% between 2018 and 2019, according to ACA Connects: America’s Communications Association, which represents smaller cable and broadband providers. ACA Connects based its analysis on data recently released…
Electric Co-ops Form Broadband Association
In what they say is a first, five electric cooperatives in three states have formed an association of broadband co-ops aimed at bolstering services in underserved rural areas. The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Broadband Cooperatives (VMDABC) is structurally…
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