N. Dakota Commenters Defend RDOF Weighting Recommendations Favoring Gigabit
Sixteen North Dakota broadband stakeholders said gigabit download speeds will constitute baseline broadband by the end of 10-year Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support, posted Friday in FCC docket 19-126. Derrick Bulawa, CEO of BEK Communications submitted the letter, responding to…
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MidCo saying the joint commenters argued for fiber only. The stakeholders "argued simply that the Commission should weight auction bids in favor of technology attributes that best serve the ultimate goal of closing the rural digital divide," the new filing said. Bulawa asked in September the FCC give preference to gigabit tier service in RDOF (see 1909180067). Other CEOs signing on included Dakota Carrier Network's Seth Arndorfer, Northwest Communications Cooperative's Jeremy Becker and North Dakota Telephone's Rodney Hoffmeyer.