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From Mirror staff reports HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has recognized Pennsylvania’s recent success in the Federal Communications Commission auction for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. A total of 13 bidders in Pennsylvania will receive $368.7 million over the next 10 years to bring high speed internet service to homes and businesses at 184,505 locations that are underserved, or do not have access to broadband that meets current federal standards. The FCC indicates that over 99% of the successful bids are for 100 Megabit-per-second download speeds — four t...

The change is related to the Federal Communications Commission’s auction for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. Successful bidders in Pennsylvania will receive $368.7 million over the next 10 years to bring high-speed internet service to homes and businesses that are underserved or do not have access to broadband that meets current federal standards. The FCC indicates more than 99% of the successful bids are for 100 Megabit-per-second download speeds, four times faster than the “Netflix speed” benchmark of 25 Megabits per second currently used by the FCC to define access to br...

The change is related to the Federal Communications Commission’s auction for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. Successful bidders in Pennsylvania will receive $368.7 million over the next 10 years to bring high-speed internet service to homes and businesses that are underserved or do not have access to broadband that meets current federal standards. The FCC indicates more than 99% of the successful bids are for 100 Megabit-per-second download speeds, four times faster than the “Netflix speed” benchmark of 25 Megabits per second currently used by the FCC to define access to br...