Rosenworcel Encourages Rural Broadband Providers at NTCA Policy Summit
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said rural telecom providers should become active participants in challenging the accuracy of broadband maps as the FCC upgrades location data reporting in its USF programs. "You can provide a public service," she said Monday at…
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an NTCA telecom policy summit. She wants the broadband mapping program to aim for both speed and accuracy. "Fast and right are not alternatives," she said. "We just have to do both." Rosenworcel also joked she's not "all in" with the RDOF label for the upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund that would allocate up to $20 billion to deploy broadband in unserved and underserved rural markets. Applause broke out in the room when Rosenworcel asked providers to focus on audacious goals and think beyond their current plans so rural broadband customers don't fall behind during the course of the 10-year RDOF program. She asked providers to remember how fast change comes and how often they would need to rebuild their networks.