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The “S” in USF Could Mean Sustainable
A recurring message at NTCA’s 2023 RTIME was the importance of educating policymakers that the current unprecedented capital expenditures in broadband will be for naught if sustainability is not part of the plan. Sustainability, in this context, means the ability to operate and maintain a given network on an ongoing basis. Even though new networks…
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Opportunity Fund or Off Track? A ViodiTV Conversation with NTCA’s Mike Romano about RDOF
On December 7th, 2020, the FCC released the names of the winners of its Phase 1, reverse auction, Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). Two days later, Free Press and ViodiTV’s sister publication, the Viodi View, both reported that significant sums of RDOF support appear headed towards urban locations, potentially siphoning off funding from the target,…
