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The newest edition of Member Spotight is now live. Curtis Dean chats with Ryan Boone of Premiere Communications in Iowa, a CBAN provider member, about the company, its history, its culture, and how its helping close the digital divide in rural Iowa.
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A Wisconsin city is taking control of its broadband future, launching the construction of an open access fiber network this summer. Connect Superior is projected to cost between $40 and $60 million to complete, with initial funding coming from the City's allocation of funds under the American Recovery Act Plan. Superior Mayor Jim Paine said the network represents the city’s first new public utility in more than a century. He said it hasn’t been easy to move forward with the project Wisconsin is one of 16 states that have barriers to entry for municipal broadband networks, and as a result has far fewer publicly owned networks than many other states. To read more about the Superior project, CLICK HERE to read an article on the Wisconsin Public Radio website.
Lumen has told the FCC that it plans to withdraw from RDOF funding support for all of the census block groups (CBG's) in three states had previously been awarded. The previously awarded CBG's in South Dakota, New Mexico, and Wyoming will now be eligible for funding under the BEAD program. Other large defaulters under RDOF include LTD Broadband, Frontier, and Starlink/SpaceX. In some states where work has not begun in RDOF funded areas, local leaders are advocating for providers who've changed their minds to default before the final BEAD maps are released so other providers can apply. There are a number of reasons for the RDOF defaults that have occurred (and others that likely will occur).
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