Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Support Authorized for 2,576 Winning Bids

The Wireline Competition Bureau, in conjunction with the Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force and the Office of Economics and Analytics, authorized Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (Auction 904) support for 2,576 winning bids. The FCC will post a state-level summary under the “Results” on the Auction 904 webpage. The summary will provide for each long-form applicant included in this Public Notice: 1) the total support amount over 10 years and total number of locations that the long-form applicant is being authorized for in each state, 2) the total number of locations to which the authorized support recipient must offer the required voice and broadband services for each performance tier and latency in each state, and 3) the eligible census blocks included in the winning bids that are being authorized in each state. The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is authorized and directed to obligate and disburse from the Universal Service Fund the amounts identified to the long-form applicant associated with each study area specified. The support will be disbursed in 120 monthly payments, which will begin at the end of February 2022.