by Pivot
Tag: RDOF
Fourth Leg of the Relay Race: Meet the South Carolina State Broadband Director
Jim Stritzinger, Director of the South Carolina Broadband Office, likes “to think of the work we’re doing as an Olympic relay race.” The first leg, he told Telecompetitor, was the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic…
Missouri May Not Be the Only State to Request Defaulted RDOF Funds
Missouri was the first state to ask the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to return Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) broadband funding awarded to providers in the state who later defaulted on their awards. But it…
Pew Study Details Pole Attachment Challenges and Recommendations
Pew has released a study looking at the deep complexities surrounding pole line attachment as ambitious projects such as the Capital Projects Fund (CPF) and the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program roll out.…
EXCLUSIVE: RDOF Defaults Keep Coming; “Penny Wise, Pound Foolish”
Many stakeholders were shocked when it came to light two years or so ago that over a third of $9.2 billion in winning bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) broadband program were rejected…
FCC Touts Alternatives to RDOF Defaults as it Nixes Amnesty Idea
The day before Independence Day, the FCC ruled on the controversial topic of amnesty for RDOF rural broadband funding winners who do not expect to meet some or all their buildout commitments. In nixing the…
Telecompetitor Wins Azbee Editorial Awards!
Telecompetitor won three regional Azbee awards for our editorial coverage from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for 2024 and we’re a finalist for a national award! In the regional awards, Telecompetitor Broadband Nation,…
Charter Launches RDOF-Funded Network in Georgia County
Bishop, Ga. — Spectrum representatives joined elected officials and community members to commemorate Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services now available to homes, small businesses and county facilities including Oconee County Animal Services, in Oconee…
Mediacom Reveals Vendor For RDOF Fixed Wireless Builds
Mediacom Park, New York and Milpitas, California — April 9, 2024 — Mediacom Communications, the fifth largest cable operator in the United States, and Tarana, the world’s first manufacturer of next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) broadband technology, today…
Altice USA is the Latest RDOF Default
Altice USA has joined a growing list of companies that have told the FCC they will not deploy high-speed broadband to areas for which they won funding in the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF)…
More RDOF Defaults Could Be Coming as Stakeholders Seek to Free Up Areas for BEAD
As states get closer to accepting applications for $42.5 billion in BEAD rural broadband funding, more defaults in the previous RDOF rural broadband funding program could be coming. The potential defaults involve network operators that…
Charter Completes RDOF Build in Alabama County
Birmingham, Alabama — January 18, 2024 — Spectrum, the #1 rural internet provider in the nation, today announced the launch of Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to more than 1,900 homes and small businesses…
FCC Nixes SpaceX Starlink Appeal on $885M RDOF Rejection
The FCC has opted not to reverse its previous decision to reject SpaceX’s winning bid in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. The company expected to receive over $885.5 million in the program, which…
