Illinois Says Poor FCC Outreach on RDOF Delayed State Funding
FCC failure to coordinate with states on the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund forced the Illinois Office of Broadband “to delay its preferred timeline for accepting applications and awarding [state] funds, so as not to jeopardize the plans of any potential…
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bidders in Auction 904,” the Office of Broadband said in a Monday-posted filing in docket 10-90 about a Tuesday meeting with aides to Democratic Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks. “These delays have come at a particularly inopportune time, just as the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the importance of broadband in the daily life of all Americans.” A 25 Mbps download, 3 Mbps upload speed “is unlikely to meet the nation’s broadband needs over the coming decade,” the office added. An order on circulation at the FCC rejects the Illinois office’s petition for reconsideration of the RDOF order (see 2008100043).