USTelecom Seeks Bigger FCC Penalties for RDOF Bidders Who Default on Obligations
Increase penalties for winning bidders that default on broadband deployment obligations in the upcoming FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction, USTelecom recommended, posted Monday in docket 19-126 on meetings Nov. 26 with Wireline Bureau, Office of Economics and Analytics, and…
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Broadband Auctions Task Force members. "That numerous [Connect America Fund] Phase II auction bidders defaulted on their obligations suggests that the penalties for doing so were not substantial enough to dissuade such behavior, ultimately depriving rural Americans broadband." USTelecom and representatives from members AT&T, Consolidated, CenturyLink, Frontier, Verizon and Windstream also noted "the importance of clearly defining transition roles and responsibilities at the outset" as the agency moves away from the CAF II toward RDOF.