What does RDOF stand for?
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) is an FCC initiative designed to inject billions of dollars into the construction and operation of rural broadband networks.
What is the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund?
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund is a Federal Communications Commission program designed to close the digital divide in the United States by investing billions of dollars in the construction of rural broadband networks.
What is RDOF auction?
The RDOF long-form application identifies companies that bid under unfamiliar names in the auction. ( Image by RitaE from Pixabay) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released information about 417 companies that submitted long-form applications in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction.
Who won the RDOF auction?
Charter Communications, bidding as CCO Holdings, was the biggest Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction winner, measured by number of locations. The cable company won $1.22 billion in the auction, which was completed early last week, to bring service to over one million locations in 24 states.
What is FCC Form 477?
All facilities-based broadband providers are required to file data with the FCC twice a year (Form 477) on where they offer Internet access service at speeds exceeding 200 kbps in at least one direction.
How does RDOF reverse auction work?
The auction is a reverse auction, in which the winning bidder is the one that requires the lowest amount of support funds. Bidders start high and bid lower in each round until the aggregate support requested fits within the overall budget. Applicants have some flexibility to change the areas they bid for in each round.
What is an RDOF location?
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) The RDOF is the latest iteration of the FCC’s universal service fund (USF) program, providing $20.4B to ensure that telecommunications services for rural areas are comparable to those enjoyed in urban and suburban areas.
How many RDOF winners are there?
RDOF Auction 904 Winners – Updated 10/12/2021.
Who Must File Form 477?
broadband providers
All facilities-based broadband providers are required to file data with the FCC twice a year (Form 477) on where they offer Internet access service at speeds exceeding 200 kbps in at least one direction. Mobile providers file maps of their coverage areas for each broadband technology (e.g., EV-DO, HSPA, LTE).
What is a 477 report?
What is a facilities-based CLEC?
CLEC Regulations and Guidelines There are two types of CLECs, facilities-based, or resale. Facilities-based carriers are peers with the ILEC. Resellers sell their infrastructure to other carriers, and the margins are so thin that most CLECs favor becoming facilities-based, or do both.
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