[1st-mile-nm] FCC LAUNCHES RURAL BROADBAND EXPANSION EXPERIMENTS

[Richard Lowenberg]

Here's the complete FCC background document:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0714/FCC-14-98A1.pdf

Also, here's a follow-on article from California, that sheds some light on the program.
http://www.tellusventure.com/blog/only-telephone-companies-can-take-part-in-rural-broadband-experiments/

Only telephone companies can take part in rural broadband experiments

14 July 2014 

The FCC today released the full details on the rural broadband experiments approved by the commission on Friday. Of legal necessity, the program is limited to regulated telephone companies, although independent ISPs can either partner with one or go through the process to become one.

Eligibility is pretty much what was expected, with one new twist. The money can only be given to “Eligible Telecommunications Carriers” (ETCs) and projects have to include voice service and meet all the rules that pertain to it. But non-ETCs can apply to take part in the experiments and get the designation later.

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RL

On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote:

> FCC LAUNCHES RURAL BROADBAND EXPANSION EXPERIMENTS
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> http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-launches-rural-broadband-expansion-experiments 
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> July 11, 2014
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> Applicants Will Compete to Deploy High-Performing Service at Lower Cost
>  
> Washington, D.C. – Experiments to explore how robust broadband can be expanded at lower cost in rural America were launched today by the Federal Communications Commission.

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute          www.1st-mile.org  
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505-603-5200                 rl at 1st-mile.org
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