The FCC should use the Remote Area Fund (RAF) to...
The FCC should use the Remote Area Fund (RAF) to overcome the lack of robust middle-mile facilities in Alaska, the Alaska Rural Coalition (ARC) told Wireline Bureau officials and aides to Commissioners Mignon Clyburn, Jessica Rosenworcel and Robert McDowell last…
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week, an ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bnbohv). Currently, the RAF is conceived of as a direct consumer subsidy to provide service where extending last-mile service can’t be justified, but this is “not a solution for Alaska,” ARC said, because consumer satellites can’t be adequately positioned for service. “The RAF presents an excellent opportunity to use universal service funds already set aside to tackle the core issue preventing robust broadband from reaching the people who need it most,” ARC said, promising to work on a proposal to allocate the $100 million annual fund between middle-mile construction and access.