BROWSING: Rural 5G Fund
FCC moves ahead with $9 billion Rural 5G Fund
The Federal Communications Commission has formally established rules for its 5G Fund for Rural America, which will disburse up to $9 billion over the next decade. However, the minimum speeds that the agency is requiring of these future rural 5G networks are only a...
Policy, data and the urban/rural digital divide: A conversation with CCA and Ookla
What's going on in rural broadband policy? There are a lot of moving pieces right now: the Rural Digital Opportunities Fund and the proposed Rural 5G Fund, for example, which together will account for nearly $30 billion in spending cover the coming decade to...
Things to know about the Rural 5G Fund (Part 2)
In April, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai put forward a proposal for a $9 billion Rural 5G Fund that aims to “help ensure that rural Americans enjoy the same benefits from our increasingly digital economy as their urban counterparts—more than 200 million of...
Things to know about the proposed Rural 5G Fund (Part 1)
What is the Rural 5G Fund?
The Federal Communications Commission doesn't want rural areas to have to wait for 5G. To that end, in April, Chairman Ajit Pai put forward a proposal for a $9 billion Rural 5G Fund that aims to "help ensure that...