The Benton Institute ACP Performance Tool
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
May 2023
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)Will Retire, Teeing Up Competitive Primaries in Maryland (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 06:25Analysis
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Supreme Court to consider overruling Chevron doctrine (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 05/01/2023 - 15:19The ACP Enrollment Performance Tool Method
The ACP Enrollment Performance Tool is based on the premise that enrollment decisions involve both individual and community-wide circumstances. A household’s decision to enroll is tied to its income or other household characteristics, but other factors such as housing costs, share of occupied housing units, the presence of anchor institutions like public libraries, and population density (i.e., whether a place is urban or rural) can play a role.
This webinar will provide information about the Broadband Technical Assistance Funding Opportunity Announcement. The webinar will cover:
TIA CEO: BEAD hinges on workforce and waivers
Workforce and waivers. Those were two of the key themes and indeed the potential stumbling blocks for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program deployments, said TIA CEO Dave Stehlin. Now that the US government has issued a waiver for its Middle Mile grant program, the prospect of forthcoming relief for the BEAD program seems more promising. The waivers in question relate to Buy American requirements associated with the Middle Mile and BEAD programs.
T-Mobile tackles the hard part about 5G mid-band build
With T-Mobile’s mid-band 5G buildout at 275 million points of presence (POPs) and a year-end target of 300 million POPs, the question is: How easy or difficult is it to cover that last 25 million people? “It gets harder and harder. And as a rule of thumb, I would say that it’s about 3 times harder for every 10 million that you add.
FCC Proposes More than $8 Million in Fines Against 22 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Applicants for Defaulting on Auction 904 Obligations
The Federal Communications Commission proposed $8,778,527.39 in fines against 22 applicants in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase I Auction (Auction 904) for apparently violating Commission requirements by defaulting on their bids between May 3, 2022, and December 16, 2022. Two applicants also failed to submit their audited financial paperwork, resulting in an additional monetary liability. The FCC provided clear guidance in its rules and notices on the monetary forfeitures associated with defaults in Auction 904.