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The Ins and Outs of the FCC’s Biggest Rural Broadband Auction
Along Those Lines
English - February 23, 2021 16:35 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsGovernment Business Non-Profit electricity nreca america cooperatives energy rural Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The need to close America’s digital divide is as crucial as ever, and the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund stands to have a huge impact, with billions in funding for deploying broadband to unserved communities. NRECA’s Brian O’Hara and NRTC’s Greg Santoro break down how the RDOF auction works and outline concerns about winning bidders with unproven technologies, and Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative’s Rachel Hauser gives the perspective from a co-op that’s looking to use RDOF funding to make major progress in its broadband efforts.