The FCC said today that it is ready to authorize over $640 million in Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) winning bids. The list includes about 30 primarily small companies, including several electric cooperatives, as well as some Frontier and Windstream…
Windstream has completed the first phase of deployment in Green County, KY under the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) by bringing access to 109 locations in the city of Greensburg. An additional 409 homes will be given fiber access…
The sixth public notice of authorization in the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction includes 2,576 bids. Windstream Pennsylvania LLC had funding authorized for 601 bids in the Keystone State. In all, 42 entities – companies, DBAs and LLCs…
FEBRUARY 08, 2022 – LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Spectrum today announced the launch of Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to nearly 500 homes and small businesses in Clark County. An additional 225, for a total of nearly 725, county…
FEBRUARY 03, 2022 – WARRENSBURG, Mo. — Spectrum today announced the launch of Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to more than 140 homes and small businesses in the Pittsville area. Spectrum’s newly constructed fiber-optic network buildout in Johnson…
February 02, 2022 — HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), the leading provider of next-generation multigigabit fiber access and fiber extension solutions, today announced it is helping Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative (CHEC) build its own fiber broadband network to reach underserved…
Last week, the FCC announced it was ready to authorize RDOF funds for Charter to help fund the operator’s announced rural expansion strategy. Earlier in the same day of that announcement, Charter executives said that funding might just be the…
The FCC said today that it is ready to authorize Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support for Charter Communications for deployments in over 20 states. Also appearing on the RDOF ready-to-authorize list released today are over 20 companies that tentatively won…
Charter said today that it has launched Spectrum broadband service at speeds up to 1 Gbps in El Paso County, Texas. The deployment is part of the company’s plan to invest $5 billion in unserved rural areas, including $1.2 billion…
Ziply Fiber said today that it is launching 5 Gbps and 2 Gbps symmetrical service in 60 markets in the Northwest. In a pre-briefing with Telecompetitor, Ziply General Manager Chris Denzin said the 5 Gbps service will sell for $300…
The FCC has released the fifth public notice of authorization of bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. Among those authorized are Windstream (in 14 states) and Cincinnati Bell (in Kentucky and Ohio). In all, 51 entities –…
Financial analysts at MoffettNathanson are questioning whether SpaceX can make all the satellite launches that would be required to support the company’s plans for its Starlink broadband service. Plans in question include making 100 Mbps service available to the 642,000…
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