The FCC's new "Funding Map" comes up short

The Federal Communications Commission’s “Funding Map” was just published and, at first glance, it needs work. The FCC’s own Rural Digital Opportunity Fund originally had winning bids for 5.2 million locations. As of the latest release of authorized winners, 3.5 million locations were moving forward. But according to the FCC’s funding map, 11.3 million locations will get RDOF service. This is not good. There is no possible way RDOF will bring broadband service to 11.3 million locations. Here’s one issue: Conexon was one of the big winners in RDOF. According the latest official release, it has been authorized for funding in 10 states. In Louisiana, they’re authorized for 51,589 locations. But on the FCC Funding Map, the Conexon record for Louisiana shows it is authorized for 515,890 locations, exactly 10 times the real number.