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Four Tribal Communities in Alaska Ready To Come Out Of Connectivity Freeze

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If the cloud of uncertainty suddenly hovering over federal broadband funding programs is lifted, four Tribal communities in Alaska can fully celebrate the announcement last week that state-of-the-art fiber connectivity will soon arrive at their homes on Kodiak Island just off the south coast of Alaska.

On January 16, Old Harbor Native Corporation secured a portion of $162 million in grants in the second round of funding from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) administered by NTIA.

Old Harbor Native Corporation will undertake the project, named Project Nunapet for an Alutiiq word meaning “our lands,” in partnership with Alaska Communications.

According to a recent press announcement, a 155-mile subsea cable originating at Alaska Communications’ fiber landing station in Homer will cross the Shelikof Strait to reach Kodiak Island in Ouzinkie before circling the eastern coast of the island with stops in Narrow Cape, Old Harbor, and Akhiok. Project Nunapet will also bring fiber-to-the-home connectivity to Old Harbor, Chiniak, Akhiok, and Womens Bay.

Alaska Kodiak Island map

The two corporations hope that the infrastructure will serve as a foundation for future network expansion in the area.

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Four Tribal Communities in Alaska Ready To Come Out Of Connectivity Freeze

Aerial view from Pillar Mountain of Kodiak Alaska harbor surrounded by moutains
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If the cloud of uncertainty suddenly hovering over federal broadband funding programs is lifted, four Tribal communities in Alaska can fully celebrate the announcement last week that state-of-the-art fiber connectivity will soon arrive at their homes on Kodiak Island just off the south coast of Alaska.

On January 16, Old Harbor Native Corporation secured a portion of $162 million in grants in the second round of funding from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) administered by NTIA.

Old Harbor Native Corporation will undertake the project, named Project Nunapet for an Alutiiq word meaning “our lands,” in partnership with Alaska Communications.

According to a recent press announcement, a 155-mile subsea cable originating at Alaska Communications’ fiber landing station in Homer will cross the Shelikof Strait to reach Kodiak Island in Ouzinkie before circling the eastern coast of the island with stops in Narrow Cape, Old Harbor, and Akhiok. Project Nunapet will also bring fiber-to-the-home connectivity to Old Harbor, Chiniak, Akhiok, and Womens Bay.

Alaska Kodiak Island map

The two corporations hope that the infrastructure will serve as a foundation for future network expansion in the area.

Read More

Four Tribal Communities in Alaska Ready To Come Out Of Connectivity Freeze

Aerial view from Pillar Mountain of Kodiak Alaska harbor surrounded by moutains
By on

If the cloud of uncertainty suddenly hovering over federal broadband funding programs is lifted, four Tribal communities in Alaska can fully celebrate the announcement last week that state-of-the-art fiber connectivity will soon arrive at their homes on Kodiak Island just off the south coast of Alaska.

On January 16, Old Harbor Native Corporation secured a portion of $162 million in grants in the second round of funding from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) administered by NTIA.

Old Harbor Native Corporation will undertake the project, named Project Nunapet for an Alutiiq word meaning “our lands,” in partnership with Alaska Communications.

According to a recent press announcement, a 155-mile subsea cable originating at Alaska Communications’ fiber landing station in Homer will cross the Shelikof Strait to reach Kodiak Island in Ouzinkie before circling the eastern coast of the island with stops in Narrow Cape, Old Harbor, and Akhiok. Project Nunapet will also bring fiber-to-the-home connectivity to Old Harbor, Chiniak, Akhiok, and Womens Bay.

Alaska Kodiak Island map

The two corporations hope that the infrastructure will serve as a foundation for future network expansion in the area.

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New Ideas in Competition Policy

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A new report out from Vanderbilt University's Policy Accelerator re-emphasizes some of the important steps federal government agencies could take to make sure that upcoming Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding is used as efficiently and equitably as possible. 

New Ideas in Competition Policy covers ground beyond the broadband space - including agriculture, commerce, energy, and more - but authors Ramsay Eyre and Ganesh Sitaraman hit again some of the important and well-trod ground. Among them, they argue that:

  1. NTIA should remove the letter of credit (LOC) requirement for participating in BEAD entirely, as it is a barrier for new and smaller entrants.
  2. NTIA should consider all Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) areas as eligible for BEAD funding, given the number and level of defaulting the program as seen.
  3. NTIA should effect a rulemaking that takes a strong stance against state municipal preemption laws, either by refusing final proposals from those states or issue a rule preempting these laws itself.

The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator conducts research and writes about markets of all different shapes around the United States. 

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New Ideas in Competition Policy

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A new report out from Vanderbilt University's Policy Accelerator re-emphasizes some of the important steps federal government agencies could take to make sure that upcoming Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding is used as efficiently and equitably as possible. 

New Ideas in Competition Policy covers ground beyond the broadband space - including agriculture, commerce, energy, and more - but authors Ramsay Eyre and Ganesh Sitaraman hit again some of the important and well-trod ground. Among them, they argue that:

  1. NTIA should remove the letter of credit (LOC) requirement for participating in BEAD entirely, as it is a barrier for new and smaller entrants.
  2. NTIA should consider all Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) areas as eligible for BEAD funding, given the number and level of defaulting the program as seen.
  3. NTIA should effect a rulemaking that takes a strong stance against state municipal preemption laws, either by refusing final proposals from those states or issue a rule preempting these laws itself.

The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator conducts research and writes about markets of all different shapes around the United States. 

Read New Ideas in Competition Policy.

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New Ideas in Competition Policy

VPA report
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A new report out from Vanderbilt University's Policy Accelerator re-emphasizes some of the important steps federal government agencies could take to make sure that upcoming Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding is used as efficiently and equitably as possible. 

New Ideas in Competition Policy covers ground beyond the broadband space - including agriculture, commerce, energy, and more - but authors Ramsay Eyre and Ganesh Sitaraman hit again some of the important and well-trod ground. Among them, they argue that:

  1. NTIA should remove the letter of credit (LOC) requirement for participating in BEAD entirely, as it is a barrier for new and smaller entrants.
  2. NTIA should consider all Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) areas as eligible for BEAD funding, given the number and level of defaulting the program as seen.
  3. NTIA should effect a rulemaking that takes a strong stance against state municipal preemption laws, either by refusing final proposals from those states or issue a rule preempting these laws itself.

The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator conducts research and writes about markets of all different shapes around the United States. 

Read New Ideas in Competition Policy.

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New Ideas in Competition Policy

VPA report
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A new report out from Vanderbilt University's Policy Accelerator re-emphasizes some of the important steps federal government agencies could take to make sure that upcoming Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding is used as efficiently and equitably as possible. 

New Ideas in Competition Policy covers ground beyond the broadband space - including agriculture, commerce, energy, and more - but authors Ramsay Eyre and Ganesh Sitaraman hit again some of the important and well-trod ground. Among them, they argue that:

  1. NTIA should remove the letter of credit (LOC) requirement for participating in BEAD entirely, as it is a barrier for new and smaller entrants.
  2. NTIA should consider all Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) areas as eligible for BEAD funding, given the number and level of defaulting the program as seen.
  3. NTIA should effect a rulemaking that takes a strong stance against state municipal preemption laws, either by refusing final proposals from those states or issue a rule preempting these laws itself.

The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator conducts research and writes about markets of all different shapes around the United States. 

Read New Ideas in Competition Policy.

Read More

New Ideas in Competition Policy

VPA report
By

A new report out from Vanderbilt University's Policy Accelerator re-emphasizes some of the important steps federal government agencies could take to make sure that upcoming Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding is used as efficiently and equitably as possible. 

New Ideas in Competition Policy covers ground beyond the broadband space - including agriculture, commerce, energy, and more - but authors Ramsay Eyre and Ganesh Sitaraman hit again some of the important and well-trod ground. Among them, they argue that:

  1. NTIA should remove the letter of credit (LOC) requirement for participating in BEAD entirely, as it is a barrier for new and smaller entrants.
  2. NTIA should consider all Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) areas as eligible for BEAD funding, given the number and level of defaulting the program as seen.
  3. NTIA should effect a rulemaking that takes a strong stance against state municipal preemption laws, either by refusing final proposals from those states or issue a rule preempting these laws itself.

The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator conducts research and writes about markets of all different shapes around the United States. 

Read New Ideas in Competition Policy.

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North Dakota Nearing 100 Percent Fiber Connectivity

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With the incoming Trump administration and the ascendance of GOP leaders taking aim at key aspects of broadband expansion initiatives embedded in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, industry insiders expect the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program to likely get a major facelift in the coming months.

GOP Senate leaders have signaled they will push for BEAD to be scaled back or reconfigured.

One way they may do that is to remove the law’s preference for funding fiber network deployments and create a path for subsidizing Musk’s satellite Internet company, arguing that Starlink would be a more cost-effective solution to bring broadband to rural America.

Late last week, in fact, NTIA released its “Final Guidance for BEAD Funding of Alternative Broadband Technology.” And while the updated guidelines still considers fiber deployments as “priority broadband projects,” the agency administering the BEAD program now explicitly says that states can award “LEO Capacity Subgrants.”

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North Dakota Nearing 100 Percent Fiber Connectivity

North Dakota Welcome Sign
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With the incoming Trump administration and the ascendance of GOP leaders taking aim at key aspects of broadband expansion initiatives embedded in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, industry insiders expect the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program to likely get a major facelift in the coming months.

GOP Senate leaders have signaled they will push for BEAD to be scaled back or reconfigured.

One way they may do that is to remove the law’s preference for funding fiber network deployments and create a path for subsidizing Musk’s satellite Internet company, arguing that Starlink would be a more cost-effective solution to bring broadband to rural America.

Late last week, in fact, NTIA released its “Final Guidance for BEAD Funding of Alternative Broadband Technology.” And while the updated guidelines still considers fiber deployments as “priority broadband projects,” the agency administering the BEAD program now explicitly says that states can award “LEO Capacity Subgrants.”

Read More
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