Deny Conexon RDOF ETC Petition: Ute Tribes
Conexon withdrew its FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction waiver request "without any tribal consultation" and "cannot access and deploy service to the tribal areas at issue" without tribal consent, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain…
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Ute Tribe told Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel's aide, Wireline Bureau Chief Kris Monteith and other staff, per a filing Friday in docket 19-126 (see 2201250041). The Colorado tribes disputed Conexon's claim they received "any state or federal broadband stimulus funding" and said Conexon's winning RDOF bid "continues to represent a significant concern." Deny Conexon's pending eligible telecom carrier waiver petition, the tribes asked, noting it's "not in the public interest," partly "given the impact an awarded RDOF grant would have in frustrating the tribes' own broadband deployments."