Experts Address RDOF’s Unanswered Questions

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2024 – A $20.4 billion federal initiative launched in 2020 to bring high-speed broadband to unserved areas has hit its midway point. 

With 40% of locations required to be built out by the end of 2024 for some recipients, the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund has reached significant milestones but remains plagued by uncertainties, experts said during a Thursday event hosted by WISPA – Broadband Without Boundaries and NCTA – The Internet & Television Association.

“Since the RDOF process began in January 2020, there have been numerous positive and negative changes affecting RDOF recipients,” said Carol Mattey, founder of Mattey Consulting LLC and former FCC Deputy Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau.