FCC Sets $121M to 16 States From CAF II; $16M to New York in Matching Program
The FCC authorized $121 million to expand rural broadband to 36,579 unserved rural homes and businesses in 16 states in a fourth round of support from last year's Connect America Fund Phase II auction, per docket 10-90. Overall, last year's…
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CAF II auctions allocated $1.49 billion to expand broadband to more than 700,000 unserved rural homes and small businesses over the next 10 years (see 1907150030). With Monday's announcement, the FCC has authorized $924 million in support and plans additional rounds in the next few months, it said. A recent NPRM asks about a Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to replace CAF II auctions (see 1907110031). Also Monday, posted in docket 10-90, the FCC authorized nearly $16.2 million in CAF support over the next decade to expand broadband to 8,088 unserved rural New York homes and businesses, in a second round of matching funds in a partnership with the New NY Broadband Program (see 1801310030). Recipients are Armstrong Telecommunications, DTC Cable and Haefele TV.