Verizon throws three more broadband subsidy tantrums
14 October 2013 by Steve Blum
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boonville, boron, broadband, casf, community networks, cpuc, public policy, race telecommunications, verizon, westport
Can you hear me now?
To get a broadband construction subsidy from the California Advanced Services Fund (CPUC), you have to show that the area where you want to build is at least underserved, as defined by the California Public Utilities Commission speed standard of 6 Mbps down and 1.5 Mbps up. Incumbent carriers are then given a chance to prove you wrong.
In the current round of CASF grant and loan applications, submitted last February, some projects – particularly Golden Bear in north California and ViaSat all over the map – drew protests from a wide range of providers.… More