Electric Co-ops Win $1.6 Billion in Broadband Auction

Sunday, January 31st, 2021 -- 10:50 AM

Electric cooperatives across the country participated in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, and won the right to deploy broadband to nearly 1 million areas across the country at a cost of $1.6 billion.

Winning bidders will extend service to more than 900,000 locations in 31 states, including Wisconsin.

Winning bidders must file a detailed long-form application with the FCC, which must include deployment plans specific to their awards and areas to be served.

Bidders are required to provide minimum speed of 25 megabits per second for downloads and 3 Mbps for uploads.

(Wisconsin Engergy Cooperative News)

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