The FCC authorized more than $32 million in...
The FCC authorized more than $32 million in support for broadband buildout to Alaska Communications Systems, Hawaiian Telcom and Puerto Rico Telephone Co., the Wireline Bureau said Thursday (http://fcc.us/16paDjZ). It’s the second round of funding for Phase I of the…
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Connect America Fund. “Because no parties challenged the elections of ACS, Hawaiian Telecom [sic], or PRTC, funding is hereby authorized,” the bureau said. PRTC will receive $31.5 million, Hawaiian Telcom $1 million and ACS just under $174,000. The bureau also upheld an ACS challenge of the National Broadband Map’s designation of 52 census blocks as already served by broadband. The blocks were shown as served by Yukon Tech d/b/a BBN, a fixed wireless ISP. That ISP did not respond to ACS’s allegations. “Given the evidence presented by ACS, combined with the lack of any evidence to the contrary from BBN, the Bureau concludes that it is more likely than not that the census blocks challenged by ACS are not currently served by fixed Internet access with speeds of at least 3 Mbps/768 kbps,” the bureau said.