FCC Reveals $240M of CAF-II Support; Wisper ISP Gets Most, Hughes Some
The FCC cleared $240 million of Connect America Fund support over 10 years for rural broadband deployment in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma and Wyoming, the commission said Thursday. The agency estimates the funding, which broadband…
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providers will start receiving later this month, will connect more than 100,000 unserved rural homes and businesses. Wisper ISP got more than $220.3 million for projects in six states, and Hughes Network got about $7 million in New York. This ninth wave of CAF Phase II is another step to close the digital divide, said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. The commission noted it’s the third wave where New York got matching funds for its state broadband program. That state recently raised concerns about possible exclusion from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (see 2002050011).