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A comment on FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color coded by bidder. Parent comment

Re:FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color cod... by wmf on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:25PM (#25399843)
Everwhere I've read said that if you bid on gigabit it has to be gigabit to each customer and there's a blog post linked in this thread saying that the FCC isn't even allowing gigabit DSL. Citation needed.
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Re:FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color cod... by zw123456 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:00PM (#25400122)
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-5A1.pdf III A 7,

"we expect bidders seeking support for the 25/3 Mbps tier will win support only in areas where higher speeds are not economical, and that a five-year term .."

support for rural telcos IMO

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Re:FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color cod... by octoberfranklin on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:09PM (#25400614)
> the 25/3 Mbps tier

That's not the gigabit tier. Read it again, paragraph 39 (it's a nice table).

Then look at the map. Hardly any money went to the "minimum tier" you're referring to (25/3).

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Re:FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color cod... by zw123456 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:41PM (#25402480)
they have the option of dropping to the low tier if the costs are too high
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Re:FCC RDOF (broadband grant auction) winners map, color cod... by octoberfranklin on Sunday December 13, 2020 @04:48AM (#25405425)
Um no, they don't.

That is called defaulting. There is an entire section about how the FCC claws back all the money and then some more for penalties.

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