FCC Has $185 Million within Unclaimed Broadband Funding - After AT&T, Verizon backtrack on DSL Users

Telecompetitor directs our attention to the certainty that the FCC still has around $185 a million within unclaimed broadband funds available from phase one of their Connect America Fund. As we've been noting, Frontier signed up quickly for the funds, agreeing to take $71.9 million to wire some 92,000 homes. However, numerous companies (similar Windstream) have balked at taking full funding, motto that getting $775 per lay wasn't ample for their liking. AT&T and Verizon have refused funding totally, as both companies have made all indication they have no interest in retaining millions of their DSL users, or expanding fixed line broadband in any significant fashion. The balking by smaller telcos recommends that unlike previous government medium subsidies, the FCC's program for once actually has guidelines ensuring the money gets used correctly.
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