Mercury Broadband Defaults on More RDOF Locations

WASHINGTON,  Nov. 19, 2024 – Using federal broadband subsidies has increasingly become too difficult for at least one regional Internet Service Provider.

Mercury Broadband, based in Kansas City, Mo., defaulted on 173 Census Block Groups in two states under the $20 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund in a Monday filing with the FCC. The company defaulted on 160 CBGs in Michigan and 13 CBGs in Indiana.

Mercury’s latest default comes on the heels of two other defaults in late October and early November. To date, Mercury has defaulted on more than 1,000 of its CBGs won at the RDOF reverse auction in 2020.