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Tag: RDOF
FCC Proposes $21.7M in Additional Fines for LTD Broadband
The hits just keep coming for LTD Broadband. The FCC late last week proposed over $21.7 million in fines for the provider relating to the provider’s defaults in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction.…
GeoLinks Touts Gig+ FWA Speeds: Using Broad 28 GHz Holdings Comes Next
GeoLinks has a lot going on. Telecompetitor talked with GeoLinks President and Chief Operating Officer Ryan Adams about the fixed wireless provider’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) deployments, the gig+ speeds the company offers, the…
LICT Completes Michigan Broadband Spinoff, Withdraws RDOF Wins
LICT Corp. announced in its second quarter earnings report released Friday that it has completed its spinoff of Michigan Broadband on August 31. The spinoff company is now known as MachTen Inc. Each LICT shareholder…
RDOF Winner Highline Completes Fiber Deployment in Michigan’s Thumb
Competitive rural-focused fiber broadband provider Highline says that it has completed construction of an area known as “The Thumb” area of Michigan and now is offering broadband to more than 8,000 households in Sanilac, Tuscola,…
RDOF Winner Coalition Requests Emergency Relief, Citing COVID-Driven Cost Increases
The Coalition of RDOF Winners has filed an emergency petition with the FCC regarding their request for extra funding or other relief measures. The group argues that the COVID pandemic has raised deployment costs dramatically…
RDOF Winner Coalition Still Hopes for Additional Funding Due to Increased Costs
A group known as the Coalition of RDOF Winners is still hoping that the FCC will release additional funding to them to help cover the large increases in deployment that the winners have experienced since…
CFO: Charter Has Won Over $700M in Broadband Funding Since RDOF
Charter has now won $700 million in broadband funding since its big win in the 2018 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, said Jessica Fischer, the company’s chief financial officer, on today’s second quarter earnings…
RDOF Winners Seek Solutions to Rising Build Costs, Rosenworcel Nixes One Idea
Deployment cost estimates underlying winning RDOF bids are no longer accurate, representatives for a coalition of RDOF winners told FCC officials on Friday. The representatives suggested several possible remedies, including providing additional funding and other…
Charter Completes RDOF-Funded Fiber Build in SC Community
Columbia, South Carolina – June 27, 2023 – Spectrum today announced the launch of Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to more than 300 homes and small businesses in Newberry County, South Carolina. Spectrum’s newly…
RDOF Defaults Estimate: Over $2.8B- What Happens to That Money?
Nearly every winning bid in the RDOF rural broadband funding program has now either been authorized or deemed to be in default. Of the $9.2 billion over 10 years tentatively won in the auction, over…
FCC Proposes $8M in Fines Against Starry, GeoLinks, 20 Other RDOF Bidders
The FCC is proposing $8 million in fines against 22 bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction in connection with defaulted bids. Companies with the highest proposed fines are Starry/Connect Everyone (over $3.8…
EXCLUSIVE: Despite RDOF Rejection, Cal.net Gears Up for FWA, Fiber Builds
Cal.net, a service provider focused on offering fixed wireless access (FWA) and fiber broadband to California’s Central Valley and rural northern California, has a new CEO and new funding. And as the new CEO, Jack…
