Broadband Associations Collectively Call For Rural Broadband Fund Change
The major broadband associations have gotten to together to add heft to the bone they have to pick with the Federal Communications Commission over the way it has structured its new Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) subsidy process, one they warn could discourage participation and drain $1 billion from broadband buildouts to banks and other lending institutions. The FCC plans to vote on final rules for the $20.4 billion fund Jan. 30.