FCC CAF II Auction Comment Dates Set; FNPRM Published in FR
Comments are due July 21, replies Aug. 5 on the Connect America Fund auction the FCC is planning after a summary of a Further NPRM in docket 10-90 was published in Tuesday's Federal Register. The FCC approved the CAF Phase…
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II auction FNPRM along with an order May 25 to provide $215 million in annual broadband-oriented support to unsubsidized rural areas traditionally served by larger telcos (see 1605250046). "The Commission seeks comment on three discrete sets of issues relating to the process for determining winning bidders: How to apply weights to the different levels of performance adopted in the Order above; measures to achieve the public interest objective of ensuring appropriate support for all of the states; and measures to achieve the public interest objective of expanding broadband on Tribal lands," said the summary.