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# Point Broadband Asks for Rip-and-Replace Extension
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/point-broadband-asks-for-rip-and-replace-extension/
- Published: 2024-10-08T18:47:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:02:59.000Z
- Description: Alabama ISP says it needs more time to migrate all customers to secure hardware.
- Author: Ari Bertenthal
- Tags: Rip and Replace, #with-siderail, Point Broadband, FCC, Rural

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2024 - A regional internet service provider has [requested a six-month extension](https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1004027001735/1?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) on its deadline to replace insecure technology under the federal Rip-and-Replace program.

The extension request, submitted on Friday by Point Broadband to the Federal Communications Commission, noted that the company was [facing difficulties](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/fcc-chair-floats-deadline-extension-for-rip-and-replace-applicants-in-light-of-funding-shortfall/) in replacing insecure, Chinese-made equipment from its network.

Point identified [Congressional budgetary issues](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/rip-and-replace-continues-to-feel-funding-shortfall-fcc-says-2/) as a leading factor, noting that only 39.5 percent of the funding required to complete the project had been awarded.

The company asserted that if it were required to utilize internal funding to complete the replacement project, it would experience a substantial slowdown in its operations. As [a rural operator](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/point-broadband-acquires-broadband-arm-of-riviera-utilities/), Point said that it is incapable of completing the project on time by using primarily internal funding.

Point Broadband is headquartered in Opelika, Ala.

Point noted in its request that it is nearing the end of its Rip-and-Replace allocation, with just over $250,000 remaining as of Oct. 3.