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Rural Electric Co-ops Question Viability of Winning RDOF Bids, Worry RDOF May Have Opposite Effect of Intention Posted on Share
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Some of the winning bids in the RDOF rural broadband funding auction were for unrealistically low levels of support and the net result could be that those areas do not get service, according to two of the rural electric cooperatives that bid in the auction.
The cooperatives discussed their concerns on a virtual press conference organized by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) today, where NRECA urged the FCC to closely scrutinize the long-form applications submitted by auction winners.
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I m all for seeing smaller providers get money to expand their footprint as long as it is in areas that either were not represented before, aka, rural areas, as the article states this money is for. But lets ask ourselves. Should we throw money into where it can cover more areas faster and over a wider area or pay for upgrades for the same area with no plans to expand outside main street? I m not for giving money to small (or large) ISP s just because they want to replace perfectly good coax with fiber or for upgrades. Thats what you make your customers pay for. I m for getting service to that last house 5 miles back in the sticks who can t even get DSL. Wireless broadband can have a place in getting that done while these small mom-pop ISP s stick to main street.
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