Starlink, the satellite broadband service from SpaceX, reportedly has won a deal to provide service to families in rural Texas. The SpaceX Starlink deal is with school district Ector County ISD and calls for the company to provide service initially…
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Final RDOF Auction Bidder List: 386 Bidders to Pursue $16B for Rural Broadband
Nearly 400 entities (386) have made the final RDOF auction bidder list, qualifying them to bid in Phase 1 of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which will award up to $16 billion to cover some of the costs…
Final RDOF Auction Eligible Areas List Released
The FCC released the final list of census blocks eligible for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase 1 auction, which will award up to $16 billion to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband to areas that have no…
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…
RDOF Auction Bidders Could Number Over 500, Including Verizon, Viasat, SpaceX, Cox
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction could have as many as 505 bidders, according to the FCC. The commission said today that it received complete applications from 121 entities and incomplete applications from 384 entities. Those who submitted incomplete…
Imagine Living without Broadband in 2020?
Do you realize that nearly 30 million Americans cannot get broadband service? Imagine if you were not able to shop online, communicate with friends and family via video chat or even search the internet for basic answers to questions, especially…
Frontier Hopes to Prevent Bankruptcy from Interfering with RDOF Participation
Frontier has filed a waiver request with the FCC, the resolution of which could impact the company’s ability to participate in Phase 1 of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund RDOF auction, scheduled to begin in October. Frontier entered Chapter 11…
FCC Adopts New Broadband Data Collection Rules with an Accurate U.S. Broadband Map at Stake
The FCC today adopted new procedures for collecting broadband availability information from network operators. The new FCC broadband data collection rules aim to address long-standing problems with the commission’s current broadband data and inaccurate broadband maps. But according to FCC…
In a Big Cable First, Charter Plans to Participate in RDOF Auction; Eyes Billions in Funding for Rural Broadband
Charter plans to participate in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, or RDOF auction, according to an 8-K filing made this morning. Depending how successful the company is in the auction, the build-out could involve multiple millions of locations and an…
In a Big Cable First, Charter Plans to Participate in RDOF Auction; Eyes Billions in Funding for Rural Broadband
Charter plans to participate in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, or RDOF auction, according to an 8-K filing made this morning. Depending how successful the company is in the auction, the build-out could involve multiple millions of locations and an…
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