Broad Valley Asks FCC to Ease Rural Experiment Winner Eligibility for CAF Auction
Broad Valley Micro Fiber Networks filed a petition for reconsideration of FCC decision making in developing a Connect America Fund Phase II auction of broadband-oriented subsidies in price-cap telco areas where carriers aren't receiving such support. The commission should "rule…
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that any carrier who was a provisional winner in the FCC Rural Broadband experiment should automatically qualify (even without 2 years of ops/3 years of tax returns/etc.) for participation in the CAF PH Il Reverse Auction," said the petition Wednesday in docket 10-90. "Given how thoroughly the vetting was for those funds, all those provisionally selected have already spent the effort and money to prove eligibility. Thus we request this be established as an alternative eligibility path." It also provided recommendations for weighting and ranking subsidy bids in the auction. Comments on a Further NPRM are due Thursday. Broad Valley's webpage says it's a startup putting the final touches on designing a fiber network throughout Delaware.