In the News

Updates

November 2020 - FCC Releases 2021 Eligible Services List (ESL)
docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-1418A1.pdf

October 2020 - Additional Guidance on Category 2 Budgets
docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-1218A1.pdf

October 2020 - Rural Broadband Providers work with the FCC to meet internet needs of students in low income families
docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-367268A1.pdf

September 2020 - FCC Opens Second Funding Window for Category 1 to enable schools to procure more bandwidth due to Covid school clusures across the country
www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-opens-second-e-rate-application-window-funding-year-2020-0

June 2020 - FBI Ransomware Warning

May 2020 - Gila County Consortium funded for $19,000,000 County-Wide Broadband build
https://www.gilacountyaz.gov/news_detail_T5_R477.php

October 2019 - Texas Carriers file petition with the FCC to limit broadband builds
https://www.educationdive.com/news/what-administrators-need-to-know-ahead-of-FCC-2020-e-rate-filing-season-ed-tech/563728/
If we can bring new services to a school or library CHEAPER than the existing providers, we should do it!

July 2019 - 87% savings on internet for Yavapai County Schools and Libraries
https://www.verdenews.com/photos/2019/jul/27/205732/

July 2019 - Competition Lowers Costs
https://www.fundsforlearning.com/blog/2019/07/competition-lowers-broadband-prices?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-guidenotes&utm_content=Service+Provider+Guidenotes+Template

June 2019 - Rural Education Crisis
https://chamberbusinessnews.com/2019/06/13/arizonas-rural-higher-education-crisis/

June 2019 - Navajo County Re-boot
https://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/a-re-boot-for-navajo-gila-county-broadband-projects/article_a582ccf6-e399-5b46-a5e1-44266b9af554.html

June 2019 - Payson / Gila County working to bring RELIABLE Broadband to the area
https://www.paysonroundup.com/news/local/payson-council-votes-to-support-reliable-broadband/article_a8610d10-2448-5a98-a831-813a389a8a15.html

June 2019 - Heber Overgaard / Apache County on the Precipice of High Speed Internet
https://www.wmicentral.com/news/apache_county/apache-co-heber-overgaard-on-the-precipice-of-high-speed/article_27a231b6-6b26-5924-aa18-4185757aba91.html

June 2019 - Gila County $17M Project
https://www.paysonroundup.com/news/arizona_state/million-to-bring-broadband-to-gila-schools-and-libraries/article_c041fd95-a402-5117-b26a-59f7ccca7383.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR0c1T-8SwENyjirWVJKEpl2npxA5P-EXJJAZABCrZ3daeptad567MvziW8

May 2019 - Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin praising the Broadband program:
https://www.azcc.gov/divisions/administration/news/2019Releases/2019-5-29-Tobin-in-Praise-of-Rural-Broadband.asp

May 2017 - Congress Elementary School
https://www.abc15.com/news/state/arizona-broadband-project-brings-rural-schools-into-21st-century

March 2017 - Arizona Corporation Commission rule creating a funding mechanism
https://www.azcc.gov/docs/default-source/utilities-files/telephone/arizona-universal-service/decision-no-76159.pdf?sfvrsn=7d4e0358_0
Docket: https://docket.images.azcc.gov/0000177964.pdf