CenturyLink is closer to meeting buildout requirements in the Connect America Fund (CAF) rural broadband program but is still behind in some states, according to a filing that the company made this week with the FCC. In a confusing letter,…
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USAC Updates CAF Broadband Map
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) has released version 4.0 of the Connect America Fund Broadband Map (CAF Map). The organization says that the goal of the map is to illustrate the impact of the CAF on reducing the digital…
Key Partnerships Create FCC Compliance Ecosystem Using Broadband Forum Standards
Lake Saint Louis, Mo., May 4, 2020 – Broadband providers that have been building networks under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) funding programs such as Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM), Connect America Fund (CAF) and Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF)…
Rural Hawaii Broadband Expansion Achieved by Hawaiian Telcom Last Year
Hawaiian Telcom broadband service was expanded to 10,740 additional locations during 2020, the carrier said. The service to these locations reaches speeds of 940 Mbps downloads and 300 Mbps uploads. Almost 2,400 of the locations are defined by the FCC…
Carriers to Receive Seventh Year of CAF Support, Worth $1.5 Billion for Rural Broadband
The FCC said yesterday that all price cap carriers eligible to receive a seventh year of Connect America Fund (CAF) support have opted to do so. The total value of the funding accepted is nearly $1.5 billion. Carriers that will…
Ahead of RDOF, CAF Lives On as Carriers Opt for Seventh Year of Support
The nation’s largest publicly held carriers had until Monday to advise the FCC if they elect to receive a seventh year of support in the Connect America Fund CAF program, and at least some of them have opted to do…
RDOF Auction Bidder Map: Where Bidders Are Based – and What it May Mean for the Auction
Close to 500 network operators could be bidding in the upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which will award up to $16 billion in funding for rural broadband. Among the bidders: large and small telcos, cable companies, rural electric…
Rural Cable Broadband Buildouts May be on the Rise, Thanks to RDOF and Other Gov’t Funding
Expanding their footprints using an edge-out strategy could be a growth opportunity for cable companies, according to MoffettNathanson Research – and funding through the upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction and other government programs could play a key role…
Nextlink Xstreamair Purchase Expands Nextlink Fixed Wireless Network
Fixed wireless broadband provider Nextlink Internet said it has purchased Iowa-based Xtreamair, another fixed wireless provider. The Nextlink Xstreamair purchase will expand Nextlink’s footprint into western Iowa, and Nextlink said it will expand the Xstreamair network so that subscribers will…
Cable One Nextlink Investment: Piggybacking on Another CAF II Winner
Cable One officially announced its investment in fixed wireless internet service provider Nextlink today, formalizing news that Cable One CFO Steven Cochran previewed on the company’s second quarter earnings call earlier this month. The Cable One Nextlink deal gives Cable…
USAC Considering Upgrade to High Cost Broadband Portal, Seeks Automated Verification
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is considering an upgrade to the high cost broadband portal (HCBP). The organization wants to add a higher level of automation to the management of data submitted by carriers that receive Universal Service Fund…
Broadband Monopoly Report: At Least 49.7 Million Americans Served by Only One Provider
With large corporations like Comcast, Charter and AT&T dominating the market, at least 49.7 million Americans have only a single internet provider available to them, according to a new broadband monopoly report from the Institute for Local Self Reliance, an…
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