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Cox Announces RDOF Shortfalls in Three States

ISP did not reach its buildout milestones in Louisiana, Nebraska, and Arizona.

Blake Ledbetter

Jan 16, 2025 — 1 min read

Photo of Cox Enterprises Headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2025 – The largest private broadband company in the U.S. just announced that it will be falling short of RDOF project milestones.

Cox Communications announced in a filing to the FCC Wednesday that it fell short of its buildout obligations under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. It was the company’s response to the first deployment deadline for RDOF that passed on Dec. 31, 2024.

Cox was required to serve 40% of the locations it committed to in its RDOF bid by Dec. 31. The three states that didn’t reach this milestone were Louisiana (reached 71% of milestone), Nebraska (reached 83% of milestone), and Arizona (reached 96% of milestone). Cox did not provide an explanation for its shortcomings.

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