NARUC to Weigh Resolution on States' 5G Fund Concerns
NARUC plans to vote next month on a resolution about the FCC’s 5G Fund that would ask the commission to require current and accurate wireless coverage maps before awarding any support from the replacement for Mobility Fund Phase II. Areas…
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without at least 5 Mbps speeds should be prioritized, said the draft resolution released Tuesday. The item for NARUC’s Feb. 9-12 winter meeting in Washington is sponsored by state Commissioners Chris Nelson, South Dakota; Randy Christmann, North Dakota; Sarah Freeman, Indiana; and Tim Schram, Nebraska. States that spent time and money challenging MF-II coverage maps voiced frustration about the FCC last month announcing the program’s termination (see 1912060010). The draft says “there has been little indication regarding what areas the 5G Fund would target and there is concern that without current and accurate mapping these dollars may end up exacerbating the digital divide rather than solving the mobile wireless access problems that currently exist in rural America.” The FCC declined comment.