Neb. PSC Awards $21M in Reverse Auction
The Nebraska Public Service Commission will award $21 million for broadband from this year’s state universal service fund reverse auction, the PSC said in a Tuesday order. Great Plains Communications, the Hamilton Consortium, Midstates Communications and Pinpoint Communications won awards.…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
The commission redistributed Nebraska USF support that was unused by or withheld from Frontier Communications and Windstream, using the cash to bring broadband-capable voice to rural areas where the two carriers had historically provided only traditional voice service. “This process is proving to be a valuable method in ensuring distributed NUSF funds are being used for broadband buildout to Nebraska’s unserved areas,” said PSC Chair Dan Watermeier (R).