FCC Announces 3 Rural Broadband Experiments Ready to Be Authorized

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau announces that it is ready to authorize rural broadband experiments support for the provisionally selected bids. The bids that are ready to be authorized cover 292 census blocks in two states for a total of $2,821,652.85 in support. BARC Electric Cooperative in Virginia is one of the selected bids, as well as two from Northeast Rural Services, Inc. in Oklahoma. To be authorized to receive the support, the provisionally selected bidders are required to submit at least one acceptable irrevocable stand-by letter of credit and Bankruptcy Code opinion letter from their legal counsel by October 14, 2015.