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# FCC Responds to Mercury Broadband RDOF Defaults
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/fcc-responds-to-mercury-broadband-rdof-defaults/
- Published: 2024-12-04T17:57:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:00:14.000Z
- Description: Company will be subject to penalties for its defaults.
- Author: Ari Bertenthal
- Tags: RDOF, #with-siderail, Briefs, FCC, Mercury Broadband, #no-flux

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2024 – The federal agency responsible for communications regulation has responded to [numerous defaults](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/what-happens-to-the-estimated-2-8-billion-in-rdof-defaults/) by Mercury Broadband under a federal broadband funding program.

The Federal Communications Commission announced that it would be holding Mercury accountable for thousands of defaults on its obligations under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund in a [Nov. 27 public notice](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-1199A1.pdf?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com). 

To date, the [company has defaulted](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/mercury-broadband-defaults-on-hundreds-of-rdof-locations/) on around 2,000 Census Block Groups that it won in the 2020 RDOF reverse auction, citing rising costs and competitive encroachment. The FCC [published a 189-page](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-407823A1.pdf?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) document listing Mercury’s defaulted CBGs, the latest of which [occurred Nov. 25](https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1125201378812/1?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com).

The company [was originally awarded](https://auctiondata.fcc.gov/public/projects/auction904/reports/winning%5Fbidders?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) more than $6.8 million in RDOF funds to serve 167,684 locations across six states, according to FCC records.

The FCC noted that Mercury will be subject to non-compliance measures as a result of its defaults. The Commission did not outline specific fines that the company would face.

Mercury Broadband, based in Kansas City, Mo., provides fiber and wireless connectivity solutions in 5 states.