Carol Mattey - Broadband Breakfast (Page 2)

Funding

BEAD Requirements Complicate State Planning, Could Result in Different Buildout Timelines: Experts

Concerns include minimum cost per location thresholds and Build America requirements.

SpaceX

What Happens to the Estimated $2.8 Billion in RDOF Defaults?

The remaining RDOF budget of approximately $14 billion may never be awarded.

Expert Opinion

Angie Kronenberg: The FCC Must Act Now to Save the USF

While the USF remains vital in an ever-increasing connected world, it is in serious jeopardy of surviving.

Senate Commerce

How Long Will it Take Congress to Revamp the Universal Service Fund?

Critics urged the FCC to expand the fund’s contribution sources, but the agency chose to punt the decision to Congress.

Infrastructure

Urging Need for FCC Action on Universal Service Fund, Expert Says Congress Too Slow

FCC should not ‘wait for Congress to sort through these complex issues.’

Labor Department

Wireless Internet Service Providers Facing Challenges Meeting BEAD Program Requirements: Experts

Hurdles WISPs face include defining reliable service, regulatory burdens, and financial requirements, experts say.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on October 5, 2022 – How to Reform the Universal Service Fund

Critical USF programs for expanding broadband are struggling to maintain revenue streams.

FCC

Universal Service Fund in Need of Reform, Said Panelist at Broadband Community Summit Event

The Universal Service Fund’s base is shrinking.

USF

Economist Warns of Customer Losses if Broadband Revenues Find Way in Universal Service Fund

A number of players have pitched the idea of having big tech platforms pay into the basic telecommunications fund.

FCC

Petition Challenges Constitutionality of Roles FCC, USAC Play in Universal Service Fund

The legal brief comes at a time when the FCC studies the future of the fund.

FSF

In FCC Proceeding, Multiple Groups Recommend New General Tax for Universal Service Fund

Calls in contrast to growing support for a broader mechanism including broadband revenues

USF

Advocates Call for Universal Service Fund to Include Broadband Revenues

Letter cites Carol Mattey report, which recommends broadening the base.

USF

Experts Urge FCC Unilaterally Broaden Revenue Base of Universal Service Fund

Consultants say the Federal Communications Commission has the authority to do so.

Infrastructure

New Report Recommends Broadening Universal Service Fund to Include Broadband Revenues

A Mattey Consulting report finds broadband revenues can help sustain the fund used to connect rural and low-income Americans.

Broadband Communities

Broadband Breakfast Experts Discuss the Benefits of Multiple Federal Broadband Initiatives, including Rural Broadband Funds and Opportunity Zones

June 17, 2020 — In a Broadband Breakfast Live Online webcast on Wednesday, panelists explored the impact that current federal funding initiatives will have on broadband access. The webcast previewed a Digital Infrastructure Investment, a Physical/Virtual Event at the Broadband Communities Summit on