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Broadband VI Seeks USVI Fund Deployment Obligation Waiver

Broadband VI asked the FCC this week to extend its deadline to reach its next deployment obligation under the Connect USVI Fund. The company must reach a 40% deployment obligation by Dec. 31 (see 2304190063). In a petition posted Tuesday…

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in docket 18-143, Broadband VI cited "continuous unforeseeable, uncontrollable, and unavoidable delays" in deploying fiber. The company said it's also yet to receive permits from the USVI Department of Public Works and has "faced difficulties in securing pole attachment authorizations to install fiber on Water and Power Authority."