From FCC announcement Re: RDOF: The first phase of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund will begin later this year and target census blocks that are wholly unserved with fixed broadband at speeds of at least 25/3 Mbps. This phase would make available up to $16 billion to census blocks where existing data shows there is no such service available whatsoever. Funds will be allocated through a multi-round reverse auction like that used in 2018’s Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction. FCC staff’s preliminary estimate is that about six million rural homes and businesses are located in areas initially eligible for bidding in the Phase I auction.
So will this be useful for us? > On Jan 29, 2020, at 2:02 PM, Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net> wrote: > > CAF-II bidding is long since over, and RDOF isn’t out yet. The rules for > both programs, while available to WISP’s have significant hurdles that keep > smaller entities from bidding on them - audited financials, letters of > credit, PE sign off, telephone service offerings, CLEC status, etc. While > it’s theoretically possible to apply for these as a small WISP the reality is > it’s very difficult unless you are a couple million/year company to start > with. > > Mark > >> On Jan 29, 2020, at 1:07 PM, Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com> wrote: >> >> Got a question from an elected official type about why bids have been slow >> to come in for CAF-II, and also looking at RDOF and the satellite "lock up”. >> I’m sure there are some opinions here, any you wish to relate?
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